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Identity
Person No.
18327
Service No.
80350
Last Name
First Name
Ronald MacDonald
Initials
R M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
38
Military Service
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,462
Accident
Cause of Death
Accidentally killed, in the Middle East
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Notes

Son of Ronald Macdonald Napier and Genievieve Napier; husband of Karin Pavalds Napier, of Cape Town, South Africa. He was born on March 10th, 1906, and entered Grey House in April 1920. After matriculating in 1925, he entered business in Cape Town, becoming managing director of the Table Mountain Canning Company and the Lambert's Bay Canning Company. When war broke out Napier was in America but immediately returned to join the Cape Town Highlanders. Later he transferred to the Reconnaissance Unit (Rhodesian), after which he volunteered for the R.A.F. He was serving as a pilot with 237 Squadron at the time of his death. School Record: House Prefect, 1923-24; School Prefect, 1925; Cricket 1st XI, 1923-24-25 and Colours 1923-24-25; Rugby 2nd XV, 1924; Corporal in the Cadets, 1924; Matriculated June 1926. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour

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