In Memory Of

CHATER, THOMAS GEORGE GIBBON

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1912-01-08
Service No:
 115323
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
Unit:
 55 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1941-11-12
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim Z9549, while returning from an anti-shipping sweep. His plane crashed about 10 miles south east of the landing ground, at Fuka, Egypt
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XXIX. E. 25.
Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Dr. Thomas Andrew Chater and Frances (nee Tatham) Chater, of New Hanover, Natal, South Africa. Born New Hanover, Natal. Educated Michaelhouse, Balgowan, Natal. A salesman. Commemorated on Michaelhouse; the Greytown; the St. Thomas' Church, Musgrave & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. Commemoration stone in New Hanover All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery, Kwazulu Natal