Identity
Person No.
22398
Service No.
26659
Last Name
First Name
Vernon Gerald
Initials
V G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
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 Herbert Emil Emrich and Frida Bertha Schmidt, of "Torwood", Cross Roads, Cape Province. Born in Keiskama Hoek, Cape Province. A mine survey clerk. He was unmarried.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project