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Identity
Person No.
31281
Service No.
91703991PE
Last Name
First Name
Moeketsi William
Initials
M W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, in Atlas Oryk #1215, at Kroonstad. Ten people died and 14 were injured in the crash outside Kroonstad. Members of the SA Army, the Kroonstad area commandos, SAP and the SAAF were busy with a crime prevention exercise, Operatio
Additional Information
Notes

Husband of Mrs. M. F. Lebona

Citation

LG 8 February 1919 - "A pilot of courage and skill, bold in attack and gallant in action, who has accounted for five enemy aeroplanes. On 27th September he attacked fifteen Fokker biplanes that were harassing one of our bombing formations, driving down one in flames. He then engaged a second; in the combat the two machines collided, and the enemy aeroplane fell down completely out of control. Although his machine was badly damaged, Lieutenant Lawson successfully regained our lines."

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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