Service Details
Name:
 EHLERS
Given Name:
 ANTHONY CHRISTOPHER
Initials:
 A C
Service No:
 543987V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force Regiment (Natal Mounted Rifles)
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-06
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Date of Birth:
 1922-01-30
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near San Giovanni by a shell beside his armoured car while eating. 3 of the 4 crew were killed. Jerome Thorpe survived.
Additional
Information:
Son of Christiaan Frederick and Sarah Jacoba Katrina Ehlers, of Rietfontein Road, Primrose, Germiston. Brother of Anne Chapman (nee Ehlers), of De Korte Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Born Frankfort, Orange Free State. A cinema operator by trade
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. G. 7.

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