In Memory Of

MERRINGTON, BRIAN

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1922-06-29
Service No:
 206169
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1943-03-21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #AK832, flew into sea in glassy calm off Tunisia
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 VI. D. 22.
Cemetery:
 SFAX WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Tunisia
Additional Information
Son of Claude and Martha Merrington, of Darling, Cape Province, South Africa. Educated Paarl Boys High School.1936 ? 1939. A bank clerk in the Strand Standard Bank. Commemorated on Darling Presbyterian Church wall memorial and on the Blockhouse Monument War Memorial, Darling Cemetery