In Memory Of

BASSINGTHWAIGHTE, ALLAN ALBERT

Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1920-02-23
Service No:
106551V
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-10-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, while on a recce patrol in the vicinity of Fosso, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, B, 6.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Otto George and Ruby R. Bassingthwaighte, of Farm Groendoorn, Windhoek area, South West Africa. He was unmarried and a farmer when he enlisted.