In Memory Of
CURRIE, WALTER HERBERT
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1923-05-03
Service No:
542531V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
26 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1945-01-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #HZ709, took off from Ikeja for Kano on a photo-reconnaissance operation but failed to arrive. The wreck was found 6.5 kms from Ipapa; all 9 (4 crew, 5 passengers) on board died
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Plot 4. Row L. Grave 2.
Cemetery:
YABA CEMETERY
Country:
Nigeria
Additional Information
Son of Walter J. Currie, and of Nora Annie Currie, of Highlands Rail, Cape Province, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. On Grahamstown Cathedral Parish Church memorial.
