In Memory Of
SPOONER, BASIL FRANK
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1920-12-07
Service No:
53429V
Rank:
Corporal
Regiment:
Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
THA
Date of Death:
1944-07-25
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in the vicinity of Sillano. There were heavy engagements between "B" Squadron and 6 Tiger tanks and enemy anti-tank artillery
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. G. 4.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Frank and Muriel Spooner, of 49 Goldman Street, Florida, Transvaal. Born Johannesburg. A clerk. He was unmarried. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Braamfontein) Cemetery Ash Walls
