In Memory Of
GRAY, JAMES DE VILLIERS BROWSE
Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
1912-03-28
Service No:
15609V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-06-30
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, near Chianciano, Italy. He, together with the B Squadron Commander and the Tech Advisor, were inspecting a broken down tank when a bomb fell near them, wounding Lt. Gray. A vehicle was fetched to transport him for medical attention but that too was was damaged by a bomb, killing Lt. Gray and wounding the B Squadron Commander, Major Buchanan
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. L. 3.
Cemetery:
FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Nicholas Browse and Johanna Jacoba Gray (nee de Villiers), of "Plaisir de Merle", Simondium, Paarl. Born Paarl. A Chartered Accountant. He was unmarried. Commemoration stone in St. Georges Church Yard, Simondium, Paarl District, Western Cape
