In Memory Of
BEER, BENJEMAN
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
196795
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
2
Regiment:
South African Police
Former Regiment:
South African Police Constable #19774
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. G. 7.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of George and Harriet Beer, of Joubertina, Cape Province, South Africa.
