Service Details
Name:
FOSS
Given Name:
GEORGE HOWARD
Initials:
G H
Service No:
1354V
Rank:
Sergeant
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Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
"C" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1944-06-28
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Date of Birth:
1912-02-11
Age:
32
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, head wounds, fractured skull, received on 27 June in an engagement with German Mk-IV tanks in the vicinity of Chiusi, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of George A. and Emily Foss; husband of Dorothy Minnie Eileen Foss, of "Weathering Heights", Van Reenen, Natal, South Africa. Father of Robert George Foss and Noel Howard Foss. Born in Durban. A sports dealer by profession. Educated at Hilton College. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
II, B, 9.

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