William Harper Campbell Davison McElney. Sergeant wireless Op/Air Gnr 207182, South African Air Force attached to 72 Operational Training Unit, RAF (Formed in November 1941 at RAF Carthago to train light bomber crews in tropical conditions.
Born 2 January 1900 at Downpatrick to Robert and Mary Elizabeth McElney, nee Davison. Irish 1901 census. Residing with his parents and siblings at No 2 Saul Road, Downpatrick. 1911 with his parents and siblings at 60 Saul Street, Downpatrick.. Later of "The Hill", Downpatrick, Co. Down, Ireland.
He was part of a crew of three flying in a Douglas Boston III Z2177, 2 October 1942 when it crashed. All the crew perished and are at rest in Nanyuki War Cemetery, Kenya. He was aged 42.
Photograph credited to South Africa War Graves Project.
http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/index_advanced.php
The other crew were both RAF.
2nd Lieutenant, Observer, Douglas Haig Velleman and Lieutenant, Pilot Charles Alax Wilson
