Identity
Person No.
31254
Service No.
68010198R
Last Name
First Name
Andrew
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, crashed into Rustfontein Dam, in AT-6 Harvard #7457. Busy with low level navigation exercises, plane descended too low in a turn and crashed into the water. Pilot drowned as the plane sank immediately
Grave Reference
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Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mr. J. G. C. Le Roux
Citation
LG 8 February 1919 - "A pilot of courage and skill, bold in attack and gallant in action, who has accounted for five enemy aeroplanes. On 27th September he attacked fifteen Fokker biplanes that were harassing one of our bombing formations, driving down one in flames. He then engaged a second; in the combat the two machines collided, and the enemy aeroplane fell down completely out of control. Although his machine was badly damaged, Lieutenant Lawson successfully regained our lines."
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project