In Memory Of

LIGHT, ROGER RILEY

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 1757
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
Unit:
 23 Air School
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1941-11-20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Hind #3003, crashed at Irene, collision with Hind #133
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 217.
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of William Henry Light and Margaret Marion Light, of Abbotsham, Devon, England. Born Tavistock, Barnstaple, Devon, England. A farmer in Kinloch, Pietermaritzburg. Trained at 23 Air School, Waterkloof, Pretoria. Commemorated on Greytown, KZN WWII Memorial