Service Details
Name:
 AUSTIN
Given Name:
 DEREK KNIGHT
Initials:
 D K
Service No:
 206264V
Rank:
 Air Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 34 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-03-02
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Date of Death 2:
 1945-03-03
Date of Birth:
 1923-03-18
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator VI EW207, 8 crew (2 RAFVR), disappeared without trace while on a bombing raid on the marshalling yards at Porta Vescovo, in Verona East. MRES searched the area south of Verona after the war, without success. The presumed grave is stated as "Lake Comacchio" in the SAAF death register.
Additional
Information:
Son of Bernard Louis and Henrietta "Peggy" (nee Taylor) Austin, of Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 19, Column 2.

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