In Memory Of

WALLEM, AXEL EDWIN

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1920-12-26
Service No:
 103613V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 16 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-04-24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Bristol Beaufighter, shot down in the Mediterranean Sea, north of Benghazi, Libya
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 283.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Frithjof and Alida Wallem, of 42 North Walk, Pinelands, Cape Province. Born Paarl, Cape Province. Educated at Paarl Boys High School; St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown 1938; University of Cape Town 1939. Commemorated on St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown WWII Memorial