South African casualty seconded to 232 Squadron RAF?

Good day all. I was dabbling again into my South African casualty research, this time into the life and death of Lieutenant Neil Anderson (103705V). He was a 19-year-old that died whilst serving with 232 Squadron and is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial. Now, two things grabbed my attention here, firstly the fact that he was a South African (not that common) and commemorated on the Singapore Memorial, should indicate that he had been serving out in the Far East at the time of his death and secondly, the initial source I was working with, gave his Squadron as No. 232 South African Air Force and that he was flying a Hurricane at the time when he went missing, before later being confirmed as a POW. I am by far no expert (military history enthusiast yes) but as far as I knew, the SAAF never had squadrons serving out in the Far East during WW2. Based on his rank as a Lieutenant at his age of 19, I must assume that he was a pilot and can only assume yet again, that he was seconded to 232 Squadron RAF and not serving with SAAF as indicated in my source. Any further information relating to this Squadron or his participation/secondment in the operations/combat scenario would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Richie

 

Air Forces WW2 Details : Lieutenant N ANDERSON (103705V), South African Air Force [RAFCommands]

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Ross

 

Richard,

Lt. Anderson was one of five SAAF referred to an a one post in memorial thread. Are you aware of the others? See: Singapore Memorial, Singapore - South African Air Force (SAAF) - A Tribute

They died between 10/2-23/6/1942. Singapore surrendered 15/2/1942.

 

Ross hi, appreciate the additional information as to the specific serail number of his Hurricane. 'Patron", thank you for that insight, proud to see the South African war effort and contribution extended to the far ends of the earth. LEST WE FORGET.