In Memory Of

BARRY, AUSTEN KOLBE

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 1916-04-11
Service No:
 139220
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 38 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1944-02-03
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Wellington JA108, an air operation on enemy shipping off the Island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea on the night of 2 February 1944
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 2. B. 3.
Cemetery:
 RHODES WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Greece
Additional Information
Son of Anton Rector Kolbe Barry and Dorothy (nee Nankivell) Barry. Born Butterworth, Cape Province. Educated Victoria High School, Grahamstown; Cadet Draft 1932-3. Austen Kolbe Barry joined the Clan Line in 1934, in which he served during the first two years of the war. He then enlisted with the RAF.