In Memory Of

MARILLIER, ROLAND FORD

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 205546
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-05-31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN360, shot down by Bf109. Possibly shot down by G?nther Steinhausen, who was credited with 40 victories, near Bir Hacheim
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 268.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Henri Edward Faust and Sylvia Irene (nee Franes) Marillier, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Premier Mine. Educated Sunnyside Primary; CBC Pretoria, Mount Edmund. 1st XV Rugby 1936. A clerk with Rand Mines. Served with the Transvaal Horse Artillery pre-war. His brother also died on service. Commemorated on SAAF, Centurion; the Union Buildings, Pretoria & the CBC Old Boys at Seven Hills Moth Shellhole, Pretoria WWII Memorials