Identity
Person No.
10715
Service No.
241512
Last Name
First Name
William
Initials
W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Transvaal Scottish, formed 1902 after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment through WWI, WWII (2nd/3rd Bns raised 1936/1939) and the Border War. Renamed Solomon Mahlangu Regiment 2019. Needs further research to break out exact era boundaries/role changes (e.g. 1953 and 1997 battalion amalgamations) as sources are found.
Notes
Son of James Anderson and Margaret Wilson Irvine, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. B. Comm. Born Johannesburg. An accountant.
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