In Memory Of
LE FEVRE, RAOUL ALEXANDER
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
1915-01-22
Service No:
90361
Rank:
Gunner
Unit:
2 Anti-Tank Regt.
Regiment:
South African Artillery
Date of Death:
1943-12-08
Cause of Death:
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. F. 4.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Gabriel Alexandre and Sadie Reid Le Fevre, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. POW, captured at Sidi Rezegh. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban. His father died in service in WW1
