Identity
Person No.
11416
Service No.
215041V
Last Name
First Name
Eric Alfred Cecil
Initials
E A C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in train accident, died of shock and burns when goods train got out of control on a down grade curve and train left track and overturned
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Born Transvaal. An engine driver for South African Railways. Cremated at Pietermaritzburg.
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Pietermaritzburg (Mountain Rise) Cemetery.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Pietermaritzburg (Mountain Rise) Cemetery
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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