Identity
Person No.
16787
Service No.
19256
Last Name
First Name
Leonard John
Initials
L J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of accidental gunshot wound, rifle exploded, wounding him in the neck and head, in the vicinity of Alam Barghut
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Cape Town Highlanders 73
Later renamed
First City/Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Part of
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes
Son of Charles William and Deborah Mitchell. Husband of Violet Theresa Mitchell, of 32 Cecil Road, Salt River, Cape Province. Born Cape Town. A railworker for SAR&H. He had one child.
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