In Memory Of
COLMAN, WILLIAM JOHN
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1914-02-19
Service No:
14831
Rank:
Private
Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
Regiment:
Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-02-11
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received during an air attack on the "A" Coy. positions, in the vicinity of Acroma, by 3 enemy aircraft at about 14:00
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
1. C. 31.
Cemetery:
TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of John P. and Margaret M. Colman, of Belleville, Cape Town. Husband of Edna Maud Colman, of 109 Upper Queens Road, Walmer Estate, Cape Town. A Railway Labourer and had 1 child.