In Memory Of
GILBERT, WILLIAM GRAHAM
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1919-08-22
Service No:
193097V
Rank:
Sapper
Unit:
12 Field Sqn.
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
Former Regiment:
formerly Special Service Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-08-03
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, while in support of FC/CTH near Montanino. His troop was constructing a Bailey Bridge at the River Arno
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. A. 16.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of William Grace and Sarah Cornelia Wilhelmina Gilbert, of "Ben Venue", St. Michaels Road, Claremont, Cape Province. Born Bushmansriver, Cape Province. A Surveyor and Welder
