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Identity
Person No.
27789
Service No.
33573
Last Name
First Name
Joshua
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died of dysentery entero-colitis, whilst a POW
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Originated 1905 as the Transvaal Cycle Corps; became 11th Infantry (Rand Light Infantry) and transferred to the Active Citizen Force in 1913; renamed Rand Light Infantry 1932. Merged with Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1942-45 (WWII), re-established as a reserve unit post-war, serving in the Border War.
Notes

Son of Simon and Freema Wasserman, of Johannesburg. Husband of Hilda Wasserman. Born Lithuania. ***Jewish

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