Identity
Person No.
21420
Service No.
4136V
Last Name
First Name
Gerald Hilary
Initials
G H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
FF 52
Friendly fire
Cause of Death
Died in Friendly Fire Incident, in the vicinity of Vinci. Our tanks fired on elements of "B" Coy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"B" 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
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes
Son of John Morrow and Elinor Katherine Richards, of Salisbury. Husband of Stella Margaret Edith Bage Richards, of 47 Andrews Street, Kenilworth, Johannesburg. Born Walvis Bay, South West Africa. A bank official. He had 1 son.
Citations
LG Sup 24 June 1943 pg. 2868
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