Service Details
Name:
 ELIASTAM
Given Name:
 SIMON
Initials:
 S
Service No:
 208765
Rank:
 Air Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 72 Operational Training Unit RAF
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Date of Death:
 1942-07-23
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Date of Birth:
 1921-07-22
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim IV #7763, undergoing flying training in Kenya when their aircraft, a Blenheim bomber, did not return from a cross country navigational flying exercise. The wreck of the aircraft, and their mortal remains, were only discovered in 2002, and positively identified in 2003.
Additional
Information:
Son of Burrie and Sonia Eliastam, of 22 Garth Mansions, Twist Street, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Born Latvia. ***Jewish.
Commemoration
Country:
 Kenya
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Cemetery:
 NANYUKI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Special Memorial

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