In Memory Of
PACKER, DOUGLAS OSBORN
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1922-04-06
Service No:
6157
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
1st Bn.
Unit 2:
"A" Sqdn.
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-07-17
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, wounded on the 17th July, shrapnel wound to the head, during the advance of "A" Sqdn between Radda and Verline, Italy, but died later the same day and was temporarily buried along the roadside at Ossaia, Italy. He was later moved to the Assisi War Cemetery.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
V, B, 2.
Cemetery:
ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Osborn and Florence Violet Packer, of Harding, Natal, South Africa. Born in Kokstad, East Griqualand. A blockman by profession
