In Memory Of

TORR, JACK EVAN

Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1917-03-20
Service No:
9507
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Die Middelandse Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1943-04-24
Cause of Death:
Died of septicemia, following an cutaneous anthrax infection of the neck, in Foggia Military Hospital, whilst a POW. He had been captured on 15 June 1942 and shipped to Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XV. C. 21.
Cemetery:
BARI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Norman Edwin and Gladys Lucy Torr (nee Nicholas), of "Ossa", Lady Grey, Cape Province. Born in Queenstown. A clerk at the Dordrecht Standard Bank. He was unmarried.