Identity
Person No.
150
Service No.
230388V
Last Name
First Name
John Eustace
Initials
J E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,781
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during heavy shelling of the Regiment's positions in the vicinity of Monte Pezza, Italy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
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 Eustace Victor and Nora Adams (nee Wessela), of "Weltevreden", Waterkloof, Pretoria. B.A. Born in Pretoria. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. He was unmarried.
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Dedications 2
Always on my mind. It was a honour knowing you. May you rest in peace.
Terrance was with us at 2SSB Walvis Bay. He was a crew commander in a Eland 90. He and Herbert Truebody was killed during Ops Reindeer . We still remember the Soutie.