Identity
Person No.
1269
Service No.
106551V
Last Name
First Name
Allan Albert
Initials
A A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, while on a recce patrol in the vicinity of Fosso, Italy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Witwatersrand Rifles, formed 1 May 1903. Active Citizen Force regiment through WWI/WWII/Border War (1970-1994 Border War operations). Renamed Bambatha Rifles 2019. Needs further research on Regiment de la Rey naming/merger history.
Notes
Son of Otto George and Ruby R. Bassingthwaighte, of Farm Groendoorn, Windhoek area, South West Africa. He was unmarried and a farmer when he enlisted.
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