Identity
Person No.
17339
Service No.
177775V
Last Name
First Name
James Benjamin Dunbar
Initials
J B D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, while recovering a power shovel from the river to the workshops for overhaul. He detached to the 17 Armoured Division Field Park Squadron at the time. The War Diary gives the date of death as the 3 November
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Corps
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
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Notes
Son of James Benjamin Dunbar and Susanna Wilhelmina Johanna Moodie (nee Meyer), of 3 Eeufees Street, Bethal, Transvaal. Born Bethal. An explosives worker on the mines. He was unmarried.
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