In Memory Of

METELERKAMP, PETER CAREL REX

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 1918-12-04
Service No:
 P/102668
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-12-13
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB #ER168, hit in glycol system, probably Ju88, 18 miles from El Agheiba
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 6. A. 29.
Cemetery:
 BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Libya
Additional Information
Son of Lawrence and Wilhelmina Reiniera Metelerkamp, of Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa. Husband of Shirley Langford (nee Blaine) Metelerkamp. Born Middlesex, England. His brother also died in service. Commemoration plaque in Holy Trinity Church, Belvidere, Knysna