Service Details
Name:
 HEALD
Given Name:
 JOHN HENRY
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 103689
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 40 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-29
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hurricane I Z4647. Piloting a Hurricane for a tactical run of battle area, he crashed into a Beaufort parked on landing ground at El Daba, which caused the torpedo which it was loaded to explode, killing him instantly
Additional
Information:
Son of Walter Sidney Rolt (deceased) and stepson of Arthur Beckett and Alice Elizabeth (nee Butler, formerly Rolt) Heald, of Diep River, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Wellington, Cape Province. Educated Paarl Boys High School. Born John Henry Rolt, but it appears as if he changed his name to John Henry Heald after his mother's re-marriage in 1927
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 267.

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