In Memory Of
BIRD, LEONARD
Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
1910-01-12
Service No:
649
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
6th Armoured Car Regt.
Regiment:
South African Tank Corps
Date of Death:
1942-12-08
Cause of Death:
Died of dysentery pleuritis, at Camp 66 POW Hospital, whilst a POW at Caserta, Italy. He had been captured on 14 June 1942 and sent to Italy.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV, B, 19.
Cemetery:
CASERTA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of James and Ellen Bird, of St. Amant Street, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Born in Mooi River. A Farm manager in Tugela Drift, Natal.
