In Memory Of
OLIVER, WALLACE WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1921-10-10
Service No:
205941
Rank:
Air Sergeant
Unit:
15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-05-04
Cause of Death:
Died of exposure, Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #TT2252, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. Engine cut, lost height and crash landed near Kufra (Kufra disaster)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
13. F. 21.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Charles Edwin and Johanna Jacoba Elizabeth Oliver, of Van Rhynsdorp, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Van Rhynsdorp