In Memory Of
ELIASON, JACK
Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
1913-04-26
Service No:
10672V
Rank:
Trooper
Regiment:
Prince Alfred's Guard, S.A.Forces
Date of Death:
1944-06-10
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received when his tank was hit by anti-tank fire during the advance, north of Viterbo. Other survivors of the action were captured briefly by the Germans but he was left behind as he never regained consciousness
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, A, 19.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Morris and H. Eliason, of 34 Windemere Road, Hulmewood, Port Elizabeth. Born Oudtshoorn, Cape Province. A baker. He was unmarried. ***Jewish.
