HERKINGEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Zuid-Holland
The Netherlands
Location Information
Herkingen is a village in the southern part of the island of Oberflakkee. It is about 54 kilometres south-west of Rotterdam and 55 kilometres west-north-west of Breda. The island is served by ferries from the mainland. The cemetery is on the north-western side of the village about 200 metres east of the road to Dirksland. The British grave, marked by a private memorial, is near the entrance.
Burial Details
1005440 Flight Sergeant Herbert Ingles Austin, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 429 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 39. Son of Herbert and Emily Ingle Austin; husband of Olive Austin, of Halton, Yorkshire.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Herkingen is a village in the southern part of the island of Oberflakkee. It is about 54 kilometres south-west of Rotterdam and 55 kilometres west-north-west of Breda. The island is served by ferries from the mainland. The cemetery is on the north-western side of the village about 200 metres east of the road to Dirksland. The British grave, marked by a private memorial, is near the entrance.
Burial Details
1005440 Flight Sergeant Herbert Ingles Austin, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 429 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd April 1944, aged 39. Son of Herbert and Emily Ingle Austin; husband of Olive Austin, of Halton, Yorkshire.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
