In Memory Of
SWALES, GORDON LESLIE RATSEY
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1919-08-19
Service No:
6193V
Rank:
Trooper
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-06-08
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in heavy fighting between Fabrico and Vallerona, Italy. It is thought that he was killed when a Sherman tank was hit by "bazooka" fire during the engagement
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, E, 19.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Reuben Aubrey and Winifred Bertha Swales, of Warner Beach, Natal, South Africa. A clerk
