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Leading Aircraftman DEREK JAMES CROSWELLER

Service Number: 1587713
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTCHEFSTROOM MILITARY CEMETERY

South Africa

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter William and Jessie Florence Crosweller, of Worthing, Sussex, England.
  • Personal Inscription KILLED BY LIGHTNING. GOD CAME AND TOOK HIM UNTO HIMSELF
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Buried or commemorated at

POTCHEFSTROOM MILITARY CEMETERY
North West South Africa
Number of casualties: 128
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