Service Details
Name:
 PITCHFORD
Initials:
 G D
Service No:
 87724
Rank:
 Lance Bombardier
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 7 Field Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1943-12-08
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Age:
 28
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 Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pitchford, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. F. 2.

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