Service Details
Name:
 FISHER
Given Name:
 HENRY MELVILLE
Initials:
 H M
Service No:
 328711V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-20
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Date of Birth:
 1924-01-07
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #MA638, shot down by Flak SW Forli 0850, seen to spin in after bombing dive
Additional
Information:
Son of Montague Meek, of Halfway Tree, Jamaica, West Indies and Cecilia Vacy-Lyle (formerly Meek) Fisher. Born District Machadorp, Transvaal. A clerk in Springs. Commemorated on WWII Memorial at Union Buildings, Pretoria
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FORLI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I, B, 8.

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