Identity
Person No.
26529
Service No.
32800V
Last Name
First Name
Borris Frederick
Initials
B F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
NAT 755
Natural causes
Cause of Death
Died of natural causes, wounded on 23 July 1944, shrapnel wound to his back and left leg, and evacuated back to South Africa. He remained a patient of the Johannesburg General Hospital
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unknown
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 M. C. van Buuren, of The Willows, Bedford View, Johannesburg. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour.
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