In Memory Of
PROBART, WALTER A'BECKET
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
1916-01-23
Service No:
226501V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-06-23
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. His tank was knocked out and he was wounded during the advance on Sarteano, Italy. He was taken to a first aid post for treatment but the post was hit by mortar fire and he was killed
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, D, 5.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Alfred A'Becket and Olive Rebecca Probart, of 2 Milner Street, Queenstown, Cape Province. Born Cape Town. An attorney's clerk. He was unmarried. His father died in service in WW1
