In Memory Of
BOOTH, JOHN HAMILTON
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
103341
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
40 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-04-26
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN456, shot down by 4 ME109Fs. An Armoured Car Squadron picked him up, but he died en route to hospital. Buried by Free French at Bir Hacheim.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 266.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Thomas and Selina F. Booth. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. ***Possibly still buried at Free French Cemetery, at Bir Hacheim, Libya
