In Memory Of

HAWTREY, JOHN JAMES ALEXANDER

Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
60th Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Former Regiment:
formerly 4th South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-09-17
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received on 16 September 1917, left at 1810 hours on an offensive patrol for Tenbrielen and was shot up and forced to land at 1830 hours. 2nd Lt. J.J.A. Hawtrey was missing in action and was taken prisoner of war and died of wounds on 17 September 1917. Was flying SE5 A8909
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XIII. C. 9.
Cemetery:
HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
Harelbeke, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
Next of kin, A. J. Hawtrey, of Ellerslie Road, Wynberg, Cape Province. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918