In Memory Of

PIERCE, RICHARD HAMBURG BUXTON BENNETT PERCY

Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1918-10-02
Service No:
589337V
Rank:
Private
Unit 2:
"C" Coy.
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-05-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when a house in the "C" Coy area received a direct hit by enemy shellfire, in the vicinity of Acquafondata
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. A. 11.
Cemetery:
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Dirk Christoffel and Christina Aletta Jacoba Pierce, of 19 Louis Trichardt Street, Alberton, Transvaal. Born Zeerust. A sheet metal worker. He was unmarried.