Identity
Person No.
24729
Service No.
612935V
Last Name
First Name
Patrick
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, gun shot wound right leg, received near Camposanto, Italy on 23 April
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
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 the late Michael and Ita Henrietta Tangney, of Empire Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal. Born in Benoni. Was studying medicine at Wits University before he enlisted.
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