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Identity
Person No.
22825
Service No.
235944V
Last Name
Shain 1
First Name
Benjamin
Initials
B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1920 (±1 yr) 679
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
22 October 1944 150
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,436
Died of wounds, in the vicinity of Fosso, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 151
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
AREZZO WAR CEMETERY 51
Grave Reference
IV. A. 3. 1
Coordinates
43.48411, 11.79039 OSM
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 Mr. Isaac Shain, of Pienaarsriver, Pretoria District. A shop assistant before enlistment. ***Jewish.

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