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Identity
Person No.
12434
Service No.
498VE
Last Name
First Name
Alwyn Stephen
Initials
A S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
39
Death Record
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died of coronary thrombosis and angina. He was admitted to Springfield Military Hospital on 3 October 1945
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
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 Archibald Stephen and Robina Bella Jane Knight, of Ixopo. Husband of Doris Margaret Knight, of 84 Tatham Road, Presbury, Pietermaritzburg. Born Highflats. A shop assistant. He had 2 sons.

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