In Memory Of

GATER, HUGH JAMES

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1921-10-17
Service No:
 329000V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 450 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-08-13
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Kittyhawk IV FX536, shot down, near Fano, Italy, during a bombing mission against German ack-ack. Gater probably tried to land with his plane shot. He had a wound on his head. Two days passed and finally the owner of that field (Mr. Castellani) buried Gater (Germans refused to do it).
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 III. H. 16.
Cemetery:
 ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Anthony Hugh and Annie Ruth (nee Slater) Gater, of Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Vereeniging. A fitter and turner.