In Memory Of
VAN ZYL, EDWARD ALFRED
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
205895V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
34 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-11-22
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF & 4 RAFVR), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW235
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave I. C. 4-10.
Cemetery:
BUDAPEST WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Hungary
Additional Information
Son of Alfred Edward and Bessie Ellen van Zyl, of Knapdaar, Burghersdorp, Cape Province, South Africa.