In Memory Of
WOODFORD, PATRICK ALBERT
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1918-11-14
Service No:
170633V
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Unit 2:
attd. First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Regiment:
South African Medical Corps
Date of Death:
1943-12-06
Cause of Death:
Died in Training Incident, accidentally killed, during "Exercise Durban", when shells fell short during the firing of artillery concentrations on Thimeima Box. This exercise was in preparation for deployment in Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
5. Q. 5.
Cemetery:
HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Harry H. Woodford and Florence A. Woodford, of "Vectis", Pemrith Road, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. Sibling of Terence, Harcourt and Monica.
