Service Details
Name:
 GOETSCH
Given Name:
 SYDNEY ARTHUR
Initials:
 S A
Service No:
 11561
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 Kaffrarian Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-25
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Date of Birth:
 1918-05-21
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Executed, after the Italian capitulation, he was one of the escaped POW's that joined the Resistance, fighting the Germans in the area around Monte Grappa. He was captured by the Germans, executed at Quero and buried in the local cemetery
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur Emil Robert and Sarah Elizabeth Goetsch, of King William's Town, Cape Province, South Africa. Born King William's Town. A postman. ***CWGC headstone states 27 September 1944 which is incorrect
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 PADUA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. E. 12.

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