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
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.
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Son of Johannes R. and Emma van Breda, of Arcadia Street, Pretoria, Transvaal. Born in Louis Trichardt, Transvaal.