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Identity
Person No.
13140
Service No.
589490V
Last Name
First Name
Septimus
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, as a result of a landmine explosion, sustained at Monte Cassino
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
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 Daniel Marthinus and Maria Johanna Elizabeth le Roux (born du Plessis). Second youngest of the 10 children (2 sisters and 7 other brothers) of Daniel Marthinus le Roux and Maria Johanna Elizabeth du Plessis, of Krugersdorp, Transvaal Province. Septimus (called Seppie for short) le Roux was the seventh son to be borne from this marriage - hence the name Septimus). Septimus was born in Krugersdorp Transvaal Province of South Africa on 23 July 1924. Septimus stayed with his parents in Krugersdorp before enlisting, was single, never married and had no children. All the Le Roux children apparently attended the St Ursula's Convent School, which was situated right opposite their family home in Krugersdorp.

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