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Identity
Person No.
24294
Service No.
4503
Last Name
First Name
Ronayne Justin
Initials
R J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, gunshot wounds, received at Bir Sciafsiuf on 1 December. He was treated at 15 Field Ambulance but died of his wounds
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
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 Ronayne William Eyre and Jane Muriel Stopford, of "Heronsfield", Mooi River, Natal. Born at Matatiele. An accountant in Pietermaritzburg.

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