Service Details
Name:
 BANHAM
Given Name:
 PETER WILLIAM BLENKIN
Initials:
 P W B
Service No:
 1022V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 "A" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-26
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Date of Birth:
 1915-10-06
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds, when 3 Sherman tanks were knocked out in the vicinity of Panzano, Italy and the crews escaped while under heavy bombardment
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 30 December 1941 pg. 7364
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Banham, of "Verde Prado", Donnybrook. A farmer in the Ixopo area before the war.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. F. 3.

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