Identity
Person No.
1441
Service No.
196795
Last Name
First Name
Benjeman
Initials
B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Military Service
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 George and Harriet Beer, of Joubertina, Cape Province, South Africa.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project