Service in Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force in WW1 with 84 Squadron. Credited with 7 Victories. Born 29 June 1899 in Cape Town. He was commissioned on 20 July 1917 and posted to 84 Squadron on 03 February 1918. He was injured in a crash on 06 July 1918. Several months later, he returned to duty. After the war, he returned to South Africa and became a sugar grower. He was killed on 02 December 1943 in a crash while serving as an armaments officer in the South African Air Force. Husband of Kathleen Maud (nee Gould - born in Durban, died in 1960).
5 Sep 2026: Unit "26 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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