In Memory Of
CHAPLIN, RALPH ERNEST
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1922-07-22
Service No:
90481V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
4 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-05-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #MJ948, shot down by flak from ship, Ancona
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. A. 6.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Ernest Aldrich and Helen Agnes Chaplin, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. Educated at Hilton College, Natal. A scholar at Howard College
