In Memory Of
VAN GRAAN, THOMAS RITCHIE
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
238146V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
34 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-07-22
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW199, 7 crew (2 RAF), shot down after bombing the Fanto Oil Refinery at Padubice, Czechoslovakia
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave 5. D. 10-12.
Cemetery:
KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Austria
Additional Information
Son of Jan F. and Rachel J. van Graan, of Koppies, Orange Free State, South Africa; husband of Magrietha Aletta van Graan. B.A., LL.B.
