Service Details
Name:
 GOODEN
Given Name:
 COLIN SPRY
Initials:
 C S
Service No:
 1626
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 23 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1941-11-20
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Date of Birth:
 1911-05-31
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Hind #3003, crashed at Irene, collision with Hind #133
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Spry Gooden, of Abingdon, Berkshire, England. Husband of Eva Michel (nee Josephson) Gooden, of Parktown North, Johannesburg. Born Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Trained at 23 Air School, Waterkloof, Pretoria. Commemorated on Greytown, KZN WWII Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 216.

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