In Memory Of

HEALD, JOHN HENRY

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 103689
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 40 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-06-29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hurricane I Z4647. Piloting a Hurricane for a tactical run of battle area, he crashed into a Beaufort parked on landing ground at El Daba, which caused the torpedo which it was loaded to explode, killing him instantly
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 267.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Walter Sidney Rolt (deceased) and stepson of Arthur Beckett and Alice Elizabeth (nee Butler, formerly Rolt) Heald, of Diep River, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Wellington, Cape Province. Educated Paarl Boys High School. Born John Henry Rolt, but it appears as if he changed his name to John Henry Heald after his mother's re-marriage in 1927