Identity
Person No.
22176
Service No.
39076V
Last Name
First Name
Elias Felix Rex
Initials
E F R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Witwatersrand Rifles, formed 1 May 1903. Active Citizen Force regiment through WWI/WWII/Border War (1970-1994 Border War operations). Renamed Bambatha Rifles 2019. Needs further research on Regiment de la Rey naming/merger history.
Notes
Son of Rex and Cornelia Salomon, of Loop Street, Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born in Rustenburg. Enlisted straight from school. ***CWGC needs to amend headstone, it should read"EFR SALOMON" and not "E REX SALOMON"
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