Eric Peter Hamilton (5 May 1913 – 15 July 1943) was a South African first-class cricketer and South African Air Force officer.
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| Full name | Eric Peter Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 1913 Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 July 1943 (aged 30) over Sicily, Fascist Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1936 | City of Johannesburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1937 | Transvaal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 July 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hamilton was born in Johannesburg on 5 May 1913.[1] His debut in cricket took place on 5 October 1936 for the City of Johannesburg against The Rest at the Old Wanderers.[2] During the match, Hamilton scored 32 runs, but was dismissed both innings.[3] Hamilton's second cricket match, representing Transvaal against the Orange Free State, occurred on 29–30 January 1937.[2] During the first inning, Hamilton made 33 runs before he was dismissed by Henry Sparks.[4]
During the Second World War, Hamilton enlisted in the South African Air Force and was commissioned as a lieutenant.[5] Trained as a Martin Baltimore pilot, he was posted to No. 21 Squadron in Malta, where the squadron supported the Allied invasion of Sicily.[6] During a daytime bombing mission on 15 July 1943, Hamilton and his two crew members were shot down and killed in Baltimore AG390.[7] He is buried at the Syracuse War Cemetery.[8]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ McCrery 2017, p. 349.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Eric Hamilton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "City of Johannesburg v The Rest in 1936/37". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Orange Free State v Transvaal in 1936/37". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ McCrery 2017, p. 340.
- ^ McCrery 2017, pp. 340–341.
- ^ McCrery 2017, p. 341.
- ^ "Casualty Details: E P Hamilton". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
Sources
edit- McCrery, Nigel (2017). The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 978-1-52670-695-9.