Identity
Person No.
15889
Service No.
73292V
Last Name
First Name
James Alexander
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,732
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received during advances to breach the Venetian Line
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Pretoria Regiment, formed 1 July 1913 as an Active Citizen Force infantry battalion. Converted to armour 1943 (Italian Campaign, RAC depots in Egypt). Renamed Pretoria Armour Regiment 2019; one of 52 Reserve Force units renamed that year.
Notes
Son of Ernest and Esther McCrea, of No. 2, Staff Quarters, Rand Refinery, Johannesburg. Born in Kimberley. He was unmarried.
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