Identity
Person No.
27211
Service No.
230644V
Last Name
First Name
Denys Gurney
Initials
D G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, by a sniper, about 2.5 km from Impruneta, Italy. While on a foot recce of the area, he was shot by an enemy sniper while busy cutting an enemy wire
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"C" Squadron
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
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
Son of Edwin Vane and Frances Cornelia Veall, of "Olive Lodge", Harpford Avenue, Wynberg, Cape Town. Born Bathhurst, Cape Province. A traveling salesman. He was unmarried.
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