In Memory Of
SCHMIDT, VERNON GERALD
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1918-03-12
Service No:
26659
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse, 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. E. 15.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Herbert Emil Emrich and Frida Bertha Schmidt, of "Torwood", Cross Roads, Cape Province. Born in Keiskama Hoek, Cape Province. A mine survey clerk. He was unmarried.
