Donald Gallai-Hatchard

Flight Lieutenant Donald Nevill Gallai-Hatchard was an English airman of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died during the Second World War.
He was born on 31 May 1911,Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. the son of Hungarian-born Marcel and Lilian Vera Gallai (née Hatchard). He and his father were naturalised as British subjects in 1935 and 1939, respectively.The London Gazette (34148), p. 2312. 5 April 1935. Retrieved 16 November 2016.The London Gazette (34615), p 2422. 11 April 1939. Retrieved 16 November 2016. Before the war, he worked as a camera operator for the London Film Production Company, notably on the set of 'Storm in a Teacup' and 'Action for Slander'. 
Gallai-Hatchard, who also served with the Auxiliary Fire Service, initially enlisted as an aircraftman before being commissioned as a pilot officer on 1 January 1942, with seniority dated to 17 December.The London Gazette (35508), p. 1463. 31 March 1942. Retrieved 16 November 2016. As an airman with the RAF Film Unit, he captured on film numerous operations over occupied Europe, including the Dieppe Raid, and North Africa. He acted as cinematographer for the war propaganda film 'Tunisian Victory'. While serving with the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, Gallai-Hatchard died, aged 31, on 22 April 1943, in Tunsia.The War Illustrated, Volume 7, No. 164, p. 278: "Movie-Cameramen in the Front Line of Battle". 1 October 1943. He had married Joyce K. Blackburn in 1935.
He is buried in Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery.
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*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Gallai-Hatchard, Donald Nevill, cwgc.org. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
Category:1911 births
Category:1943 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British people of Hungarian descent
Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Category:Buried in Tunisia
Category:Flight Lieutenants