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Identity
Person No.
24921
Service No.
102745
Last Name
Tennant 13
First Name
Ritchie
Initials
R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1914 (±1 yr) 423
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Rank
Major
Regiment
South African Air Force 3,509
Unit
24 Sqdn. 191
Death Record
Date of Death
23 March 1942 125
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, shot down by fighters near Mechili, in Douglas Boston Mk III #AL733
Grave Reference
6. A. 11. 1
Location
Country
Libya 785
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY 98
Coordinates
32.07696, 20.08936
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Sidney and Daisy Tennant; husband of Winifred B. Tennant, of Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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