In Memory Of
KELLY-GLIDDON, MELVIN VICTOR
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1918-04-28
Service No:
230121V
Rank:
Trooper
Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1945-04-21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when his tank was hit by bazooka fire, SW of Bologna. They were advancing toward Bologna, east of the railway line, past the aerodrome
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
VI, C, 5.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of William and Louisa Maria Kelly-Gliddon (nee Vorster), of East Point, Aliwal North, Cape Province; husband of Aletta Johanna Kelly-Gliddon, of 72 Grey Street, Aliwal North, Cape Province. Born in Aliwal North. A shiftman. He had one daughter.
