Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER RIET
Given Name:
 THEODORE ARTHUR BERTELSEN
Initials:
 T A B
Service No:
 47505V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 21 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-02-28
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA586, after raid on Chieti. Plane hit by ack-ack, all crew baled out, but he was hit by the plane when it descended
Additional
Information:
Son of Basil Hayton and Ella van der Riet, of Kokstad, Cape Province, South Africa. Born East Griqualand. Commemoration plaque in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Kokstad
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 X. A. 21.

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