In Memory Of

HOUGH, MARCUS MAXIMILLIAN

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 47836
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class II
Unit:
 12 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1940-12-05
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Junkers #656 was hit by AA fire, near Mega, Italian Somaliland, while on a photographic/observation mission. The starboard engine caught alight and the aircraft force landed in enemy territory, just south of the Abyssinian escarpment
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 240.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Johannes J. B. and Cornelia H. Hough, of Marydale, Cape Province, South Africa.