Identity
Person No.
11988
Service No.
230121V
Last Name
First Name
Melvin Victor
Initials
M V
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, when his tank was hit by bazooka fire, SW of Bologna. They were advancing toward Bologna, east of the railway line, past the aerodrome
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Pretoria Regiment, formed 1 July 1913 as an Active Citizen Force infantry battalion. Converted to armour 1943 (Italian Campaign, RAC depots in Egypt). Renamed Pretoria Armour Regiment 2019; one of 52 Reserve Force units renamed that year.
Notes
Son of William and Louisa Maria Kelly-Gliddon (nee Vorster), of East Point, Aliwal North, Cape Province; husband of Aletta Johanna Kelly-Gliddon, of 72 Grey Street, Aliwal North, Cape Province. Born in Aliwal North. A shiftman. He had one daughter.
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