Birth

3 Jul 1915
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa

Christening

28 Jan 1917
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa

Death

6 Apr 1948
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Biography

Richard Darnley Raine was born on 3 Jul 1915 at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa.

He was the son of Arthur Benjamin Swift and Gertrude Sybil Newsum.

He was christened on 28 Jan 1917 at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa.

He married Iris Verdun Gates on 4 Nov 1939 at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. Iris Verdun was the daughter of Henry Vivian Clive Gates and Esther Susanna Elizabeth Henegan. She was born on 15 Jun 1916 at Bethlehem, Orange Free State, South Africa. She died on 7 Sep 1990 at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa at the age of 74.

They had one child: Living.

He died on 6 Apr 1948 at Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa at the age of 32.

He was buried on 7 Apr 1948 at Rebecca Street Cemetery, Pretoria, South Africa.