Killed in action, Lancaster ED447, aircraft took off from Holme on Spalding Moor at 0020 hrs detailed to attack targets in Hamburg. Aircraft was shot down by Kreigsmarine flak crashing at Rijk (Noord Holland) in the Haarlemmermeer polders South of Amsterdam
Son of Hubert Christie Debeurier and of Madge Mary Debeurier (nee Rae), of Tarkastad, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Tarkastad Cemetery