Identity
Person No.
10810
Old ROH no.
34825
Service No.
330V
Last Name
First Name
Willoughby
Initials
W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, while on a Recce patrol early in the morning
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
First City/Cape Town Highlanders 112
Formerly
Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes
Son of Gertrude Frances Mary Jackson, of Pietermaritzburg. Husband of Joan Winifred Jackson (nee Kelly). He had just married his wife on 26th February 1944, she was a WAAF in Cairo at the time.
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
CWGC Casualty Details Name: JACKSON Initials: W Nationality: South African Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Force: --> Date of Death: 10/05/1944 Service No: 33V Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 3. Cemetery : CASSINO WAR CEMETERY John Dovey
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