In Memory Of
RAKOMA, WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
39
Service No:
N/6813
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-01-29
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, in hospital. On 28 January 1944 the United States Air Force bombed a POW train on a bridge near Allerona, Italy. It was carrying Allied servicemen from PG Camp 54, Fara in Sabina, to Germany
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, H, 10.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Jack and Elizabeth Rakoma, of Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa; husband of Salome Rakoma, of Pietersburg.
