In Memory Of
PLATT, CLIFFORD
Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
6668
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1943-12-08
Cause of Death:
Died as 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:
Column 123.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of James and Alice Platt, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban
