In Memory Of
BENNETTS, ERIC AUGUSTINE
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1895-08-28
Rank:
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Unit:
8th Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Naval Air Service
Date of Death:
1917-08-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, collided with Johnston, Philip A, both flying Sopwith Camel F1 biplane scouts, collided in combat over Lens, France
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XV. R. 22.
Cemetery:
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Rev. Thomas and Annie Margaret Bennetts, of Rondebosch, Cape Province. On Rondebosch War Memorial in St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.
