In Memory Of

ROLLER, WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1918-06-03
Service No:
 47237
Rank:
 Air Sergeant
Unit:
 12 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1940-12-05
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Junkers #656 was hit by AA fire, near Mega, Italian Somaliland, while on a photographic/observation mission. The starboard engine caught alight and the aircraft force landed in enemy territory, just south of the Abyssinian escarpment
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 240.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Joseph and Helene Roller, of Ladybrand, Orange Free State, South Africa. Born Ladybrand. A mechanic