In Memory Of

GATES, KENNETH

Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1921-05-24
Service No:
82617V
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-06-15
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot by a sniper when his tank was disabled and he baled out. While his wounds were being treated, he was once again shot and died. This was in the vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, F, 17.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Alfred Atkinson and Olive Elizabeth Gates (nee Williams), of 11 Barclay Road, Dunnottar, Nigel, Transvaal. Born Germiston. Employed on a Gold Mine. He was unmarried.