Identity
Person No.
25259
Service No.
136528V
Last Name
First Name
Maurice Bute
Initials
M B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, own type 36 grenade thrown at a suspected enemy patrol in the Aquafondata area, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
First City/Cape Town Highlanders 112
Formerly
Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
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
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes
Son of Owen Wreford Purdon and Emily (nee Sellor) Timm, of Trappes Valley, Cape Province, South Africa.
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Unknown
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