In Memory Of
LABUSCHAGNE, HERMANUS
Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
105110
Rank:
Private
Unit 2:
attd. 1 Field Regt. South African Artillery
Regiment:
Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1943-12-08
Cause of Death:
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. D. 7.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Jan Daniel and Johanna Hendrina Labuschagne, of Bloemhof, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Rouxville, Orange Free State.
