In Memory Of
DEBEURIER, WILFRED ERIC
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
778128
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
101 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1943-01-31
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Lancaster ED447, aircraft took off from Holme on Spalding Moor at 0020 hrs detailed to attack targets in Hamburg. Aircraft was shot down by Kreigsmarine flak crashing at Rijk (Noord Holland) in the Haarlemmermeer polders South of Amsterdam
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Plot 69. Row C. Coll. grave 1.
Cemetery:
AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY
Country:
Netherlands
Additional Information
Son of Hubert Christie Debeurier and of Madge Mary Debeurier (nee Rae), of Tarkastad, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Tarkastad Cemetery
