In Memory Of

BAIRNSFATHER CLOETE, PETER HENRY

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 1917-03-05
Service No:
 14214
Rank:
 Captain
Unit 2:
 attd. 1st S.A. Div. H.Q. Staff.
Regiment:
 Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1942-12-19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed Lodestar 18-08 #248. Crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Kisumu Airport (KIS). The airplane came down in Kavirondo Gulf, Lake Victoria. It appeared that the undercarriage could not be raised after takeoff because of an electrical failure in the under-carriage safety lock circuit. The Lodestar was returning to South Africa from Cairo, Egypt.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 L. 7.
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Hugh James Farmer and Nicolette Jacobo Bairnsfather, of Wynberg, Cape Province. Remembered on Diocesan College Roll of Honour. He attended Diocesan College 1927-35.