In Memory Of
POWDRELL, CLAUDE DOUGLAS
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
89078
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
4 Bde. Workshops
Regiment:
Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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. D. 19.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Emma Powdrell, of The Ridge, Port Shepstone. Husband of Ethel Winifred Powdrell
