In Memory Of
LESS, WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
1912-05-20
Service No:
19659
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-06-07
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, whilst a POW. Captured during an attack on enemy positions in the vicinity of Carmuset-er-Regem, Libya, on the 7 June he received a bullet wound to the abdomen and died the same day
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
5. E. 15.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Cornelius William Michael and Helena Maria Less, of 10 Regent Street, Woodstock. Husband of Annie Florence Less, of 19 Plumer Road, Woodstock, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A dry cleaner. He had 4 children.