Identity
Person No.
15163
Service No.
SR/598269V
Last Name
First Name
Alexander Frederick
Initials
A F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, shrapnel wound to right eye, from accidental grenade explosion
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
Cemetery
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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 William Henry Marklew and Stella Frances Marklew; husband of Doris Mary Marklew, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Living in Southern Rhodesia at time of enlistment. A General Manager prior to enlistment and had 2 children. Commemoration stone in Florida Cemetery.
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