Identity
Person No.
20519
Service No.
31608
Last Name
First Name
Leonard Scott Metcalfe
Initials
L S M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received near Menastir. A patrol from "C" Coy encountered the enemy and in the subsequent skirmish, he was wounded. Although an attempt was made to carry him back, he was in great pain and asked to be left where he was. He died the same day and was buried by the enemy. The grave was discovered by the Allies on 5 January 1942 in Bardia
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Car
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Formed 21 September 1899 as the Imperial Light Horse (Second Boer War). Volunteer unit in the Transvaal Volunteers 1902-1913, then transferred to the Active Citizen Force as "5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse)" in 1913. Reformed as an armoured regiment 1949; split into 1 LHR/2 LHR 1975 (Border War era), reamalgamated 1997. Renamed Johannesburg Light Horse Regiment 2019.
Notes
Son of Mrs. Esther Porter, of 13, Sixth Avenue, Northmead, Benoni. Born in Johannesburg. A clerk.
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