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Identity
Person No.
14958
Service No.
32778V
Last Name
Manley 6
First Name
Basil Gordon
Initials
B G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1922 (±1 yr) 602
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
23 July 1944 127
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, during the attack on Monte Fili, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 151
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY 218
Grave Reference
XI. A. 2. 1
Coordinates
43.77016, 11.34284 OSM
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 A. W. and Kathrine W. Manley, of Rose Street, Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa. Born in East London.

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