Name: |
LYNSKY |
Given Name: |
PATRICK JAMES |
Initials: |
P J |
Service No: |
SAP/196093 |
Rank: |
Lance CorporalOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
South African Police |
Unit: |
1Other Casualties from this Unit |
Former Regiment: |
South African Police Constable #12098 |
Date of Death: |
1943-12-08Other Casualties on this
Date |
Age: |
37 |
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. |
Additional Information: |
Son of Patrick James and Anna Catharina Lynsky; husband of Elizabeth Mary Lynsky, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2020-11-16