In Memory Of

NOCHUMSOHN, HARRY

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1925-10-11
Service No:
 612592V
Rank:
 Private
Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Date of Death:
 1945-01-13
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by enemy shellfire, shrapnel wounds, while standing to in his firing trench. He was found to be missing on the following morning and after a search, his body was found under the snow. He must have died before 03:00 as that was when the shelling stopped. His Coy (B Coy) had stood to all night on account of the attack at Saligastro.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 III, B, 23.
Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Charles and Yachne Bluma (Flora) Nochumsohn and brother of Mr. S. J. Nochumsohn, of Berea, Johannesburg. Born Lithuania. ***Jewish