In Memory Of
BARNARD, BEN ALLEN
Service Details
Age:
39
Date of Birth:
1904-09-15
Service No:
28049
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
1st
Unit 2:
attd. Rand Light Infantry
Regiment:
South African Police
Date of Death:
1943-12-08
Cause of Death:
Died whilst 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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. G. 2.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Barend Frederick and Ellen Magdalena Barnard. Husband of Anna Johanna (nee Smith) Barnard, of Krugersdorp. Born Potchefstroom
