In Memory Of
VEALL, DENYS GURNEY
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1917-05-13
Service No:
230644V
Rank:
Trooper
Unit 2:
"C" Sqdn.
Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-08-02
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by a sniper, about 2.5 km from Impruneta, Italy. While on a foot recce of the area, he was shot by an enemy sniper while busy cutting an enemy wire
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XI. D. 6.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Edwin Vane and Frances Cornelia Veall, of "Olive Lodge", Harpford Avenue, Wynberg, Cape Town. Born Bathhurst, Cape Province. A traveling salesman. He was unmarried.
