In Memory Of

PLATNAUER, LEONARD MAURICE

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 16th Bn.
Regiment:
 West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Date of Death:
 1917-05-03
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Bay 4.
Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Born Cape Town. Educated South African College (later re-named the University of Cape Town) and Brasenose College, 1913. A Rhodes Scholar (South African College 1915). Mentioned in the British Jewry Book of Honour. ***Jewish. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918