In Memory Of

HAWKINS, FRANK RODNEY HARLAN

Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1916-08-06
Service No:
4555V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-08-02
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during the advance on Impruneta. "B" Coy. had crossed the river Greve and were advancing, together with elements of PAG, when they came under heavy mortar fire
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. E. 9.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of John Harlan and Margaret Elizabeth Hawkins (nee Becker), of 32 Topham Road, Pietermaritzburg. Born in Pietermaritzburg. A clerk for African Explosives in Umbogintwini. He was unmarried.