Identity
Person No.
363
Service No.
205663
Last Name
First Name
Charles Herbert
Initials
C H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Secondary Unit
attd. 207 Group East African Forces
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Missing, Death Presumed, in Blenheim IV #7763, undergoing flying training in Kenya when their aircraft, a Blenheim bomber, did not return from a cross country navigational flying exercise. The wreck of the aircraft, and their mortal remains, were only discovered in 2002, and positively identified in 2003
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Thomas Frederick and Lilian Maria Allen, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project