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Identity
Person No.
1731
Service No.
P/6755V
Last Name
Beukes 43
First Name
Samuel Wilhelm
Initials
S W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1920 (±1 yr) 678
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
20 October 1944 249
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, in the vicinity of Colonia, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 151
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,342
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY 401
Grave Reference
II, A, 19. 1
Coordinates
44.14397, 11.16183 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 Mathys J. and Catharina E. Beukes, of Platrand, Standerton. Husband of Gladys Winifred Beukes, of Springs, Transvaal.

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