Name: |
HAMILTON |
Given Name: |
PAUL GEORGE |
Initials: |
P G |
Service No: |
176162 |
Rank: |
Lance CorporalOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
South African Medical Corps |
Unit: |
17 Field Amb.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1943-12-08Other Casualties on this
Date |
Age: |
23 |
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 Frank I. and Marguerite K. Hamilton, of La Rochelle, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2019-04-05