Identity
Person No.
1212
Service No.
139220
Last Name
First Name
Austen Kolbe
Initials
A K
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Wellington JA108, an air operation on enemy shipping off the Island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea on the night of 2 February 1944
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Anton Rector Kolbe Barry and Dorothy (nee Nankivell) Barry. Born Butterworth, Cape Province. Educated Victoria High School, Grahamstown; Cadet Draft 1932-3. Austen Kolbe Barry joined the Clan Line in 1934, in which he served during the first two years of the war. He then enlisted with the RAF.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project