Service Details
Name:
SMEDLEY
Given Name:
FRANK MACAULAY
Initials:
F M
Service No:
90443
Rank:
Bombardier
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Regiment:
South African Artillery
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Unit:
2 Anti-Tank Regt.
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Date of Death:
1943-12-08
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Age:
29
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 Allan Burman and Rosina Carlita Isma Smedley, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. B. Com.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
III. D. 14.

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