Service Details
Name:
 ZAHN
Given Name:
 BASIL WERNER PENROSE
Initials:
 B W P
Service No:
 114800
Rank:
 Lance Bombardier
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 1 Field Regt.
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Unit 2:
 2 Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-20
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Date of Birth:
 1919-08-17
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 M M
Citations:
 LG Sup 3 March 1942 pg. 997
Additional
Information:
Son of Gustav Adolph and Kathleen Penrose (nee Hall) Zahn, of Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa. Remembered on Diocesan College Roll of Honour. He attended Diocesan College 1930-37 and later Rhodes University, Grahamstown. His brother also died in service ***Might be Jewish.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 13. C. 21-24.

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