In Memory Of
DUNKERLEY, REX KENWORTHY
Service Details
Age:
34
Date of Birth:
1910-05-01
Service No:
102813V
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
40 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-06-11
Cause of Death:
Died of injuries, received 6 June, Spitfire, landed in late evening at Nettuno on return from last operation of his tour when a Thunderbolt landed on top of him
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XI. C. 3.
Cemetery:
BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Decorations:
Air Force Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
AFC LG Sup 1 January 1944 pg. 59, MID LG Sup 1 January 1945 pg. 104
Son of Thomas and Alice Dunkerley; husband of Thelma T. Dunkerley, of 54, Fourth Street, Northmead, Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa.
