In Memory Of

EHLERS, ANTHONY CHRISTOPHER

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1922-01-30
Service No:
 543987V
Rank:
 Trooper
Unit:
 1st Bn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force Regiment (Natal Mounted Rifles)
Date of Death:
 1944-07-06
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near San Giovanni by a shell beside his armoured car while eating. 3 of the 4 crew were killed. Jerome Thorpe survived.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XI. G. 7.
Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Christiaan Frederick and Sarah Jacoba Katrina Ehlers, of Rietfontein Road, Primrose, Germiston. Brother of Anne Chapman (nee Ehlers), of De Korte Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Born Frankfort, Orange Free State. A cinema operator by trade