In Memory Of
TANGNEY, PATRICK
Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
1926-09-27
Service No:
612935V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1945-04-24
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, gun shot wound right leg, received near Camposanto, Italy on 23 April
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
VI, G, 12.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of the late Michael and Ita Henrietta Tangney, of Empire Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal. Born in Benoni. Was studying medicine at Wits University before he enlisted.
