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Identity
Person No.
6200
Service No.
328868V
Last Name
Du Toit 128
First Name
Preston
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1924 (±1 yr) 375
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
19 May 1944 101
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Died in Aircraft Accident
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
1675 Heavy Conversion Unit 9
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 284. 31
Coordinates
30.83823, 28.94696 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Alamein Memorial (Missing)
On the panel
Column 284.
Notes

Son of Mr. R. G. du Toit, of Naested Street, Cradock, Cape Province. Born in Cradock. Joined up straight from school.

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