Identity
Person No.
24521
Service No.
104036
Last Name
First Name
William Hawkesworth
Initials
W H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, spun into ground East London, in Fairey Battle Mk I #951
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Pinetown Library grounds, Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Thomas H. Sutton and Natalie O. T. Sutton, of Hillcrest, Natal. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial
Research notes
13 Sep 2026: Pinetown Roll of Honour lists "Sutton W.H., Lt, SA Air Force" on the Wayside Cross, dying of injuries from a flying accident in South Africa (no date given in their notes). Matches this record's rank/corps.
13 Sep 2026: Unit (41 Air School) moved to Regiment, per John's decision. Applied database-wide to 221 SAAF Air School records sharing this pattern (4 others already had a different Regiment -- RAF/RAFVR/SA Army Band -- with Air School also in Unit; left untouched, flagged for later attention).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Pinetown Roll of Honour (Pinetown Museum)
Pinetown Roll of Honour (Pinetown Museum), Wayside Cross
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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