In Memory Of

HALLIWELL, ERIC JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1896-10-09
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 57th Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
Former Regiment:
 formerly Transvaal Scottish & Royal Field Artillery
Date of Death:
 1917-09-11
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, whilst acting as a flying observer behind enemy lines during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 A. 6.
Cemetery:
 MOORSEELE MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Wevelgem, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
Son of Ernest A. and Rosena Halliwell, Johannesburg, South Africa. Born Transvaal, South Africa. Educated at Haw Bank, Cheadle, Cheshire, and Brighton College. Entered the School House in September 1910. He won his 2nd XI. Cricket colours in 1912, 2nd XI. Football colours in 1912-13, and 1st VIII. Gym in 1913. On Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918