In Memory Of
KEATES, JOHN HENRY
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
1913-03-01
Service No:
D/JX 133681
Rank:
Petty Officer
Unit:
H.M.S. Gloucester
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1941-05-22
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. Battle for Crete, lost as ship sunk northwest of Crete by Ju87s and Ju88s
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 45, Column 2.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Sidney Ferguson Keates and Gertrude Emily Keates, of Zwartkops, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Hartley, Southern Rhodesia
