Identity
Person No.
27004
Service No.
SR/598417V
Last Name
First Name
William John
Initials
W J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, when his Stuart tank was hit by 6 rounds of 50 mm AP, in vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Pretoria Regiment, formed 1 July 1913 as an Active Citizen Force infantry battalion. Converted to armour 1943 (Italian Campaign, RAC depots in Egypt). Renamed Pretoria Armour Regiment 2019; one of 52 Reserve Force units renamed that year.
Notes
Husband of Luisa Elizabeth van Rooyen, c/o Bardwells Printers, Baker Street, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Born Que Que, Southern Rhodesia. A miner fitter.
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