In Memory Of
RHODES, WILLIAM RUPERT
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
P/102714V
Rank:
Major
Unit:
24 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-09-19
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, collided with Marauder III HD407 (which returned safely to base), over Kufur Nigm, Egypt, and crashed into the Great Bitter Lake
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
2. G. 10.
Cemetery:
FAYID WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Decorations:
D F C
Citations:
LG Sup 20 June 1944 pg. 2930 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations"
Son of George Robert and Ann Irene Mary Rhodes, of Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Calvinia, Cape Province. On Grahamstown Cathedral Parish Church memorial
