Service Details
Name:
 SWALES
Given Name:
 GORDON LESLIE RATSEY
Initials:
 G L R
Service No:
 6193V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-08
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Date of Birth:
 1919-08-19
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in heavy fighting between Fabrico and Vallerona, Italy. It is thought that he was killed when a Sherman tank was hit by "bazooka" fire during the engagement
Additional
Information:
Son of Reuben Aubrey and Winifred Bertha Swales, of Warner Beach, Natal, South Africa. A clerk
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, E, 19.

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