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Identity
Person No.
15613
Service No.
295165
Last Name
Matthews 31
First Name
Charles W
Initials
C W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1888 (±1 yr) 370
Age at Death
58
Death Record
Date of Death
28 June 1946 103
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,447
Died on active service
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
South Africa 23,873
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY 478
Grave Reference
D.R. Church Sec. Grave 1553. 1
Coordinates
-26.15926, 27.9943 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 Donald and Hester A. Matthews; husband of Elena E. Matthews, of Johannesburg.

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