Service Details
Name:
 HALLIWELL
Given Name:
 ERIC JOHN
Initials:
 E J
Trade:
 Observer
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 57th Sqdn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Transvaal Scottish & Royal Field Artillery
Date of Death:
 1917-09-11
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Date of Birth:
 1896-10-09
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, whilst acting as a flying observer behind enemy lines during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)
Additional
Information:
Son of Ernest A. and Rosena Halliwell, Johannesburg, South Africa. Born Transvaal, South Africa. Educated at Haw Bank, Cheadle, Cheshire, and Brighton College. Entered the School House in September 1910. He won his 2nd XI. Cricket colours in 1912, 2nd XI. Football colours in 1912-13, and 1st VIII. Gym in 1913. On Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Wevelgem, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 MOORSEELE MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 A. 6.

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