Identity
Person No.
28718
Service No.
C/275114
Last Name
First Name
Gilbert
Initials
G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
attd. Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces
Defence Force
UDF 22,700
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,685
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, in hospital. On 28 January 1944 the United States Air Force bombed a POW train on a bridge near Allerona, Italy. It was carrying Allied servicemen from PG Camp 54, Fara in Sabina, to Germany
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Jan and Alima Witbooi, of Somerset East, Cape Province, South Africa. Captured in June 1942 at Tobruk.
Citations
Unknown
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