Arthur David Fryer

Abt 1924 - 1944  (~ 20 years)

• Name	Arthur David Fryer  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1924  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	04 Nov 1944	POW Camp, Germany   [1]
  Burial	REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   [2]
  Person ID	I01793	Great Wooster Tree
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	David Fryer,   b. 08 May 1892   d. 27 Jun 1970 (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Madeline Lily Carrick,   b. 31 Mar 1890   d. 24 Dec 1974 (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F00621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 04 Nov 1944 - POW Camp, Germany Burial - - REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

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• Notes

  Commonwealth War Graves Commission ------------------------------------------------------------------ Debt of Honour Register In Memory of ARTHUR DAVID FRYER Flight Sergeant 430750 Royal Australian Air Force who died on Saturday 4 November 1944 . Age 20 . Additional Information: Son of David and Madeline Lily Fryer, of Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERYKleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Grave or Reference Panel Number: 13. B. 13. Location: The cemetery is 5 kilometres south west of Kleve. From Kleve take the Hoffmannallee from the town centre, which becomes the Materbornerallee. This road enters Reichswald Forest and becomes the Grunewaldstrasse. Follow the directions for Gennep, and on entering Reichswald Forest the cemetery is situated 500 metres on the left. Historical Information: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery was created after the Second World War when burials were brought in from all over western Germany and is the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the country. Some of those members of the land forces buried there died in the advance through Reichswald Forest in February 1945. Others died crossing the Rhine, among them members of the airborne forces whose bodies were brought from Hamminkeln, where landings were made by the 6th Airborne Division from bases in England. Some of the airmen buried in the cemetery lost their lives in supporting the advance into Germany, but most died earlier in the war in the intensive air attacks over Germany. Their graves were brought in from cemeteries and isolated sites in the surrounding area. There are now 7,416 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 161 of the burials are unidentified. There are also 79 war graves of other nationalities, most of them Polish. Note from Lesley Dimmock -------------------------------------------- Name on war memorial in St Clemens Church, UK

  
  

• Sources

  [S00007] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Grave: 13. B. 13. [S00007] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Reliability: 3).