In Memory Of
LESAR, DOUGLAS BENJAMIN
Service Details
Age:
17
Date of Birth:
1927-12-04
Service No:
596587V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1945-11-18
Cause of Death:
Died in explosion, at the Barracks of the Youth Training Brigade at Roberts Heights. 3 members were using a bayonet and a screwdriver in an attempt to dismantle a 2 inch mortar shell that they found in rubble from the explosion of the Grand Magazine, which was being used for earth works at Roberts Heights.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Non-Conformist Sec. A. Grave 1633.
Cemetery:
BOKSBURG CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Frederick B. and Susan Lesar, of Brentwood, Benoni.
