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Pupil Pilot JOHN WILLIAM LAKE

Service Number: 328830V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Air Force

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PIETERMARITZBURG (MOUNTAIN RISE) CEMETERY

Mil. Block A. Grave 8.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Mr and Mrs William A Lake, of Wartburg.
  • Personal Inscription IN TREASURED MEMORY OF DEAREST JOHN WHO SACRIFICED HIS ALL. MUM, DAD, MAY
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Buried or commemorated at

PIETERMARITZBURG (MOUNTAIN RISE) CEMETERY
Kwazulu Natal South Africa
Number of casualties: 109
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