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Identity
Person No.
24010
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Sybil
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
Torpedoed and sunk by U-547 on passage Durban for U.K. Three crew and six passengers were lost
Military Service
Rank
Civilian
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes

Of 36 Empire Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa. Miss Sybil Starfield was one of the founder members of the SAWAAF in 1938 - one of the original six, in actual fact. She was a qualified pilot and for some years a leading figure in women's aviation circles within South Africa. She played a prominent part in recruiting campaigns for the unit, travelling to all the principal centres of the country. Most tragically, in September 1944 the news was cabled that Captain Starfield was missing at sea presumed drowned, as a result of a torpedo action against her ship whilst she was en route to England. She had sailed from South Africa in June 1944, having been seconded to the ATAS. ***Jewish

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