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Lieutenant JOHN ASCENSION SMITH

Service Number: 47300
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Air Force

451 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

24. E. 9.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander B. and Aletta S. Smith, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription AT HOME WITH THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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