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Identity
Person No.
19190
Service No.
82802
Last Name
First Name
Alfred Frank
Initials
A F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
III. D. 13.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Originated 1905 as the Transvaal Cycle Corps; became 11th Infantry (Rand Light Infantry) and transferred to the Active Citizen Force in 1913; renamed Rand Light Infantry 1932. Merged with Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1942-45 (WWII), re-established as a reserve unit post-war, serving in the Border War.
Notes

Son of Frank A. and Mabel N. Oborne, of Christiana, Transvaal, South Africa; husband of Marion Couper (nee Smith) Oborne.

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