In Memory Of

WELLINGTON, ALEC TURNER

Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
41303V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
16 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-10-07
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Bristol Beaufighter #NE537, engine cut, lost height, flew into hill 3 miles N of Atri
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
V. C. 1.
Cemetery:
SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches
Son of Abraham Arthur and Muriel Ethel Wellington, of Arminel, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Graaff-Reinet. A student