Service Details
Name:
LANCASTER
Given Name:
HENRY MARTIN
Initials:
H M
Service No:
180411V
Rank:
Trooper
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
1944-06-10
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Date of Birth:
1922-08-29
Age:
21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by Anti-Tank fire and shelling in the Viterbo Area. When the Regiment advanced at 0900 hours, they encountered the enemy in prepared positions. He was killed during the advance
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Mr. Lancaster and Catharina Johanna Ellis (previously Lancaster), of 179 Witfiled, P.O. Box 70, East Rand, Transvaal. Born in Boksburg. Joined the SSB straight from school. He had a brother and a sister.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
Coll. grave II, A, 1.

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