Service Details
Name:
 ROSE
Given Name:
 GEORGE RICHARD
Initials:
 G R
Service No:
 1264V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 General Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 seconded to Gordon Highlanders
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Date of Death:
 1944-11-22
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Date of Birth:
 1913-11-13
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 M M
Citations:
 LG Sup 31 December 1942 pg. 5667 - "Attack on Sanyet El Miteiriya Ridge, 23/24 October 1942. Throughout this action Sgt. Rose showed extreme courage and devotion to duty. At one stage, when the rest of his company had temporarily withdrawn, Sgt. Rose showed complete disregard for his own safety by going forward to bring out from the artillery barrage, with the assistance of 1249 Cpl. Parmenter R H, 106743 Pte. Jankowitz D C, who was badly wounded. On the resumption of the attack, under heavy enemy automatic and mortar fire, he led an assault on a machine-gun post and destroyed it."
Additional
Information:
Son of George and Mary Charlotee (nee Bennett) Rose, of St. Michaels-on-Sea, Natal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Franklin Church Cemetery, East Griqualand
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FAENZA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI. C. 12.

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