Identity
Person No.
25117
Service No.
32073
Last Name
First Name
Gerald Andrew Elstrop
Initials
G A E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,467
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Transvaal Scottish, formed 1902 after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment through WWI, WWII (2nd/3rd Bns raised 1936/1939) and the Border War. Renamed Solomon Mahlangu Regiment 2019. Needs further research to break out exact era boundaries/role changes (e.g. 1953 and 1997 battalion amalgamations) as sources are found.
Notes
Son of G. A. Thompson, and of Gertrude Thompson, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
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