In Memory Of
WILKIN, NOEL THOMAS
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
102147V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
113 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-12-20
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Blenheim V BA622, shot down by ground fire at Magwe. Directly hit by AA fire while taking part in attack. It was seen to spiral into ground out of contorl. No parachutes were seen. Bodies recovered by searcher teams in August 1953 from MAGWE Sht 84L/16 MR235502 and 252417. Reburied in Taukkyan. Originally buried by local inhabitants. Individual identification not possible so buried in collective grave.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave 23A. D. 17-19.
Cemetery:
TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Myanmar
Additional Information
Son of Frederick J. Wilkin and Leila M. Wilkin, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
