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Identity
Person No.
14110
Service No.
504
Last Name
First Name
William Maxwell Fearne
Initials
W M F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Accidentally killed, when he fell from a window
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
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 William E. and Effie L. Lyttle, of Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Born in Pietermaritzburg. A teacher at the Murchison Prep School. B.A. His brother also died on service

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