Identity
Person No.
30275
Old ROH no.
440
Service No.
79386769PE
Last Name
First Name
Derek William
Initials
D W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, while on a solo flight at Dunnottar, lost control of AT-6 Harvard #7651 and crashed between Endicott and Delmas
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Candidate Officer
Regiment
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Professor W. B. D. I. Evans. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 10 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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