Identity
Person No.
20594
Service No.
590596V
Last Name
First Name
Henry Neville
Initials
H N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, on the 7th January, he was part of a patrol who attempted to attack the Church at Carviano with a PIAT. During the approach he stood on a SHU mine and was wounded. His injuries were not initially considered serious but he died a few days later
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
First City/Cape Town Highlanders 112
Formerly
Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes
Son of Alfred N. and Janet D. Powell, of Kroonstad, Orange Free State.
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