In Memory Of

ZAHN, BASIL WERNER PENROSE

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1919-08-17
Service No:
 114800
Rank:
 Lance Bombardier
Unit:
 1 Field Regt.
Unit 2:
 2 Bty.
Regiment:
 South African Artillery
Date of Death:
 1942-06-20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 13. C. 21-24.
Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
 Libya
Additional Information
Decorations:
 M M
Citations:
 LG Sup 3 March 1942 pg. 997
Son of Gustav Adolph and Kathleen Penrose (nee Hall) Zahn, of Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa. Remembered on Diocesan College Roll of Honour. He attended Diocesan College 1930-37 and later Rhodes University, Grahamstown. His brother also died in service ***Might be Jewish.