Identity
Person No.
1118
Service No.
28049
Last Name
First Name
Ben Allen
Initials
B A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
39
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
attd. Rand Light Infantry
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Ben Fred and Ellen Magdalena Barnard. Husband of Anna Johanna (nee Smith) Barnard, of Krugersdorp
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project