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Identity
Person No.
11154
Service No.
87779
Last Name
First Name
Roderick Douglas
Initials
R D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Cause code
DIS 6,078
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of amoebic hepatitis
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
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 Herbert Charles McNair Jenner and Alice Louise Jenner, of Witbank. Husband of Frances Emmett Jenner, of Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Roodeport, Transvaal.

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