In Memory Of

SHOYER, WILLIAM ARTHUR

Service Details
Age:
43
Date of Birth:
1899-05-10
Service No:
105393
Rank:
Gunner
Unit:
2 Field Regt.
Regiment:
South African Artillery
Date of Death:
1943-02-18
Cause of Death:
Died of chronic bronchitis and peritonitis, at Brindisi Military Hospital, whilst a POW. He was captured on 20 June 1942 in the Middle East and transferred to Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XI. C. 3.
Cemetery:
BARI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Harry and Louisa Victoria Crosley Shoyer, of Oakhurst Avenue, Rondebosch, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A clerk at the Drumcree Hotel in Point Road, Durban. He was unmarried but had 2 step-brothers