Identity
Person No.
15680
Service No.
4569
Last Name
First Name
Hector Ross
Initials
H R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DISCH 606
Died after discharge
Cause of Death
Died of testicular cancer, after discharge. Discharged medically unfit in June 1942 and returned to the Union. He was undergoing treatment at Grey's Hospital, Pietermaritzburg
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
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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 Bertram Ross Maxwell and Edith Annie Maxwell, 9 Jesmond Road, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Born in Pietermaritzburg. An articled accountant clerk. He was unmarried.
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