Identity
Person No.
1371
Service No.
76171V
Last Name
First Name
Rex Coleman
Initials
R C
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 while Section Commander of an Observation Post. An enemy patrol approached the post at 2345 on the 23 November and after an exchange of fire, withdrew. Sgt Bean, who was on the telephone at the time, was wounded and subsequently died of his wounds
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
First City/Cape Town Highlanders 112
Formerly
Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes
Son of Royal C. and Olive I. Bean, of Lourenco Marques, Portuguese East Africa.
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