Identity
Person No.
23368
Service No.
90443
Last Name
First Name
Frank MacAulay
Initials
F M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
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
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Allan Burman and Rosina Carlita Isma Smedley, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. B. Com.
Research notes
Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 2 1939-1945 Bombardier F.M. Smedley) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
World War 2 1939-1945 Bombardier F.M. Smedley
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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