Identity
Person No.
26527
Service No.
32805V
Last Name
First Name
Willem Breda
Initials
W B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds on his thigh and leg, received on 6 November during shelling by a light howitzer while on a B Coy forward patrol near Mount Sterlese, Italy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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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 Johannes R. and Emma van Breda, of Arcadia Street, Pretoria, Transvaal. Born in Louis Trichardt, Transvaal.
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