In Memory Of
EVANS, RALPH CLIFFORD BATEMAN
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
102236V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
39 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-09-06
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Beaufort II AW280, off Greek coast, four motor vessels with eleven destroyers south bound from Taranto were attacked by twelve Beauforts. Intense flak and fighter attacks prevented observation of results. Subsequent reconnaissance showed that one M.V. 10000 tons was sunk also one of 6000 tons beached, all Beauforts attacked by fighters
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 5, Column 2.
Cemetery:
MALTA MEMORIAL
Country:
Malta
Additional Information
Son of Douglas Bateman and Margaret Clara Evans, of Durban North, Natal, South Africa. Born Mid Illovo, Central Natal. Commemoration stone in Mid Illovo (St. Margaret's) Anglican Churchyard, Kwazulu Natal
