In Memory Of
LAVIS, ALBERT
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
1914-02-02
Service No:
79989V
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
1st Bn.
Unit 2:
"A" Sqdn.
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-07-25
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when 3 Sherman tanks were knocked out in the vicinity of Panzano, Italy and the crews escaped while under heavy bombardment
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. G. 16.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Thomas J. and Teresa M. C. Lavis, of Lake Road, Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Benoni (Rynsoord) Cemetery
