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Pupil Pilot EDWARD WARD-HANCOCK

Service Number: 206990
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Air Force

Date of Death

Died 02 February 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY

C. of E. Sec. Grave 11556.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Ward-Hancock and V. M. Ward-Hancock, of Johannesburg.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DEARLY LOVED SON AND BROTHER. THEY ARE NOT DEAD WHO ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
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Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
Gauteng South Africa
Number of casualties: 284
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