In Memory Of
ESSERY, LOUIS VIVIAN
Service Details
Age:
34
Date of Birth:
1910-04-30
Service No:
205447V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
34 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-07-26
Date of Death 2:
1944-07-27
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG826, 8 crew (3 RAFVR), shot down and crashed into Adriatic Sea while on return flight from the Romano Americana Oil Refinery at Ploesti, Romania
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 17, Column 1.
Cemetery:
MALTA MEMORIAL
Country:
Malta
Additional Information
Son of Arthur and Annie Essery. Husband of Vera Maud Essery, of 78 North Street, Townsview, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Zinkwazi, Natal. A garage proprietor. His brother also died on service
