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Identity
Person No.
2619
Service No.
126310
Last Name
First Name
Arthur Wellesley Dooley
Initials
A W D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
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 Arthur and Rhoda Briscoe, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa; husband of Stella Briscoe, of Johannesburg.

Citations

LG 21 October 1941

LG 21 October 1941 p.6189
LG 21 October 1941 p.6189
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