In Memory Of
NELSON, PETER DORNFORD
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
542996
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
Wklf Air School
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1947-04-17
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, crashed between Malakal and Khartoum, in Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #6501
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave 5. C. 10.
Cemetery:
KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Sudan
Additional Information
Son of Thornwald Douglas and Mary Loveday Nelson, of Johannesburg; husband of Joan I. Nelson, of Sinoia, Southern Rhodesia. His brother also died in service.
