Service Details
Name:
 EVANS
Given Name:
 RALPH CLIFFORD BATEMAN
Initials:
 R C B
Service No:
 102236V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 39 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-09-06
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Age:
 27
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
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
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 5, Column 2.

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