In Memory Of

SAUNDERS, STEPHEN CHARLES ROBERT

Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
103552V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
60 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-09-02
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 2 crew, engine cut on PR mission, flew into ground on approach 2 miles SW of Gioia, in De Havilland DH98 Mosquito #NS532
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
VII. D. 25.
Cemetery:
BARI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Sir Charles James Renault Saunders, KCMG and Lady Katherine Elinor Saunders, of Imflulazane, Melmoth, Zululand. Husband of Phyllis May (nee Westwick) Saunders, of Springs, Transvaal. Educated at Hilton College, Natal. His brother P E Saunders also died in service