In Memory Of

LEMMER, HENDRIK JACOBUS PETRUS

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1919-05-21
Service No:
 84626
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 72 Operational Training Unit RAF
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-07-23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim IV #7763, undergoing flying training in Kenya when their aircraft, a Blenheim bomber, did not return from a cross country navigational flying exercise. The wreck of the aircraft, and their mortal remains, were only discovered in 2002, and positively identified in 2003.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Special Memorial
Cemetery:
 NANYUKI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Kenya
Additional Information
Son of Petrus Johannes and Marguerite Magdeline Lemmer, of Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Queenstown Cemetery, Eastern Cape