Identity
Person No.
13375
Service No.
32772V
Last Name
First Name
Werner
Initials
W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, as a result of enemy shelling of the roads north of Radda, Italy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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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 the late Mr. A. Leshaim and Mrs. G. Cohn, of Mbabene, Swaziland. Engaged to Miss Erika Steinlauf, of Johannesburg. A bookkeeper in Johannesburg before enlistment. ***Jewish
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