Identity
Person No.
15840
Service No.
27639V
Last Name
First Name
Augustine Bernard Francis
Initials
A B F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, wounded in the right thigh by a bomb explosion during the attack on Mount Stanco on the 13th October
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Coordinates
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 Charles and Mary E. McCarthy, of Kapteyn Street, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg, Transvaal. An auditor before enlistment
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