Identity
Person No.
12343
Service No.
SR/598000V
Last Name
First Name
Godfrey De Winton
Initials
G D W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received severe burn wounds when his tank was hit by an AP round, on the 27 July, in the vicinity of Greve, Italy. "A" Squadron had been conducting recce tasks in the area
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"A" Squadron
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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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 Rev. Walter Parry de Winton and Ethel Blanche Kitcat, of The Rectory, Cala, Cape Province. Born Cala. A bank clerk. He was unmarried. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. He was living in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
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