In Memory Of
OXFORD, CHRISTIAN SHEATH
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1920-10-18
Service No:
577460V
Rank:
Corporal
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1945-05-16
Date of Death 2:
1945-05-17
Cause of Death:
Shot dead, while on guard duty at the Squadron Stores Dump when he foiled an attempted break-in but was attacked and shot dead by Italian Fascists who were apparently attempting to gain entrance to the faciity to commit acts of sabotage and robbery.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. H. 11.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. J. E. Oxford, of 162 Ansteys Building, Joubert Street, Johannesburg. Born Kestell, Orange Free State. Employed with President Street branch of Standard Bank.
