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Identity
Person No.
10515
Service No.
87985
Last Name
Humphrey 5
First Name
Henry George Finch
Initials
H G F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1911 (±1 yr) 281
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
23 November 1941 354
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, at Sidi Rezegh, Libya
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
South African Irish 78
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,343
Unit
1st 961
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Libya 785
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 438
Grave Reference
13. E. 10. 1
Coordinates
32.09586, 23.71913 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
South African Irish, formed 1 December 1914. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment; reformed for WWII (1st SA Irish suffered severe losses at Sidi Rezegh, Nov 1941); converted to artillery (22 Field Regiment) 1946-1959, reconverted to reserve infantry 1960. Renamed Andrew Mlangeni Regiment 2019.
Notes

Son of Victor Edward Humphrey. Commemoration Panel on Johannesburg Braamfontein Cremation Niche

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