In Memory Of
VAN DER RIET, THEODORE ARTHUR BERTELSEN
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
47505V
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
21 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-02-28
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA586, after raid on Chieti. Plane hit by ack-ack, all crew baled out, but he was hit by the plane when it descended
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
X. A. 21.
Cemetery:
SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Basil Hayton and Ella van der Riet, of Kokstad, Cape Province, South Africa. Born East Griqualand. Commemoration plaque in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Kokstad
