Flight Sergeant DEREK ARTHUR BATES
Service Number: 326150V
Regiment & Unit/Ship
South African Air Force
Date of Death
Died 11 February 1944
Age 21 years old
- Country of Service South African
- Additional Info Son of Arthur C. Bates and Muriel L. Bates, of Umtata, Cape Province, South Africa.
- Personal Inscription "BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE"
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