In Memory Of

AUSTIN, DEREK KNIGHT

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 1923-03-18
Service No:
 206264V
Rank:
 Air Sergeant
Unit:
 34 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1945-03-02
Date of Death 2:
 1945-03-03
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator VI EW207, 8 crew (2 RAFVR), disappeared without trace while on a bombing raid on the marshalling yards at Porta Vescovo, in Verona East. MRES searched the area south of Verona after the war, without success. The presumed grave is stated as "Lake Comacchio" in the SAAF death register.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 19, Column 2.
Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
Country:
 Malta
Additional Information
Son of Bernard Louis and Henrietta "Peggy" (nee Taylor) Austin, of Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa.