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Identity
Person No.
19338
Service No.
205941
Last Name
Oliver 15
First Name
Wallace William
Initials
W W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1923 (±1 yr) 538
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Air Sergeant
Regiment
South African Air Force 3,509
Unit
15 Sqdn. 109
Death Record
Date of Death
04 May 1942 119
Cause of Death
Died of exposure 19
Died of exposure, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. Engine cut, lost height and crash landed near Kufra (Kufra disaster), in Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #TT2252
Grave Reference
13. F. 21. 1
Location
Country
Libya 785
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 438
Coordinates
32.09586, 23.71913
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Charles Edwin Oliver and Johanna Jacoba Elizabeth Oliver, of Van Rhynsdorp, Cape Province, South Africa.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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