Identity
Person No.
12792
Service No.
105110
Last Name
First Name
Hermanus
Initials
H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Military Service
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
attd. 1 Field Regt. South African Artillery
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 Jan Daniel and Johanna Hendrina Labuschagne, of Bloemhof, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Rouxville, Orange Free State.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project