Identity
Person No.
28278
Service No.
67717
Last Name
First Name
Eric Reginald
Initials
E R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before. Around seventy bombers were sent to dispatch the Hermes which sank within ten minutes
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Reginald and Nellie Wiblin; husband of Hilder T. Wiblin, of Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project
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samilhistory.com
samilhistory.com Remembrance / Peter Dickens SAN WW2 honour roll
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