Identity
Person No.
25370
Service No.
8566V
Last Name
First Name
Reuben Melville Arthur
Initials
R M A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
42
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,080
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of carcinoma of the liver, at Port Elizabeth. Had been serving with his unit in the Middle East till mid 1945 when he was returned to the Union on medical grounds
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
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
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 James A. and Sarah J. Tomlinson, of Grahamstown, Cape Province; husband of Charlotte S. Tomlinson, of Market Street, Grahamstown. Born in Grahamstown. A taxi operator before enlistment. He had 4 children.
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