Identity
Person No.
24328
Old ROH no.
34828
Service No.
111064V
Last Name
First Name
Leonard Holford
Initials
L H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
seconded to 78 (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regt. Royal Artillery
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Lovell Marshall Colley and Clara Antionette (nee Townsend) Straker, of Bergvliet, Cape Town, South Africa. Remembered on Diocesan College Roll of Honour. He attended Diocesan College 1930-37.
Research notes
Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 2 1939-1945 Lieutenant L.H. Straker) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
World War 2 1939-1945 Lieutenant L.H. Straker
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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