In Memory Of
CHILDE, FREDERICK RICHARD CLOETE
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1923-06-08
Service No:
279462V
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Unit:
21 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1943-07-23
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Douglas Boston Mk III #HK873, tyre burst on take off, swung into a stone wall, destroyed at Hal Far
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 36.
Cemetery:
MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
Country:
Malta
Additional Information
Son of Frederick Richard and Dora Childe, of Indwe, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown.