In Memory Of
BLAKE, NEVILLE CLEMENT
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
103446V
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
21 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1941-11-05
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Martin Maryland Mk I/II #1653, 4 crew, shot down by Italian and German fighters near Berka airfield, Benghazi
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 246.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Edwin Hornsby Blake and Eileen A. Blake, of Moedig, Transvaal, South Africa. B.Sc. Born Germison. A surveyor. His brother also died on service. Commemorated on his brother's headstone in Springs Cemetery, Gauteng
