In Memory Of

SAAYMAN, LORRAINE

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1914-12-31
Service No:
 20547V
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Date of Death:
 1944-09-16
Date of Death 2:
 1944-09-19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when No. 2 and No. 3 Platoons were ordered to advance up Monte Bagno but were met by heavy MG fire which caused casualties so they withdrew, as per orders, realizing that a frontal attack would be costly
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 III, B, 12.
Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Sydney S. and Jacomina A. Saayman, of Villiers, Orange Free State. Born in Albertina, Cape Province. A bank clerk for Barclays Bank in Vryburg. He was unmarried. There appears to be some confusion over his date of death as the War Diary records his death in the initial attack on the 16th at 1550. The death date on the Burial Return appears to have been altered to match the burial date.