Identity
Person No.
24857
Service No.
589430V
Last Name
First Name
Robert Percy Howden
Initials
R P H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during heavy shelling of the Regiment's positions in the vicinity of Monte Pezza, Italy
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of John Campbell Taylor (dynamite worker at Modderfontein Dynamite Factory South Africa) and Mary Law Taylor (nee Stevely), of 25A Central Avenue, Kempton Park, Johannesburg. Robert was 5'10'' tall, fair complexion, blue eyes and fair hair. He had a scar on the left knee and his forehead. He was the youngest of six children. Robert was first posted at TPR, S.A.A.C. Kafferskraal on the 13 April 1943. He AWOL'd a few times. He was admonished for one time then, given 7 Days C.B. on another occasion. A lorry driver and handyman.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project