In Memory Of

FRANK, DESMOND SEARLE GRAHAM

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 1918-07-16
Service No:
 2872V
Rank:
 Trooper
Unit:
 1st Bn.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1944-07-01
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Monte Pulciano, Italy. The "A" Sqdn truck they were traveling in struck a mine
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. O. 5.
Cemetery:
 FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Isadore Stanley and Dorothy Marjorie (Allardice) Frank, of Laurel Road, Durban, Natal. Born Durban. A storeman. Educated Glenwood High School, Durban. He had received training as a Signaller and was transferred from the 6 Arm Div Signal Sqdn to the NMR in June 1943.