Identity
Person No.
23575
Service No.
67359
Last Name
First Name
Matthew Strang
Initials
M S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. Battle for Crete, lost as ship sunk northwest of Crete by Ju87s and Ju88s
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Ordinary Seaman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Harold Bayldon and May Marguerite (nee Thomson) Smith, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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samilhistory.com
open source ↗
samilhistory.com Remembrance / Peter Dickens SAN WW2 honour roll
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