Identity
Person No.
11470
Service No.
185690V
Last Name
First Name
Stanley
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received during heavy shelling of the Regiments positions near Monte Pezza, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes
Son of Thomas Henry and Muriel May Jones, of Mayfair Hotel, Central Ave, Mayfair, Johannesburg. Born in Johannesburg. An insurance clerk. He was unmarried. He had 1 sister.
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