In Memory Of
COMPTON, ERNEST VICTOR
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1917-06-24
Service No:
232277V
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
1st Bn.
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly South African Tank Corps
Date of Death:
1944-09-09
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, while attempting to lift a booby trapped teller mine near Galciano, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III, B, 20.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Edward Walter and Ethel Compton, of Nahoon View Road, East London. Born Uitenhage. A coach builder for S.A.R. & H. prior to enlistment
