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Identity
Person No.
28553
Service No.
SR/598296V
Last Name
Willis 12
First Name
Unknown
Initials
T H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1911 (±1 yr) 281
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
22 July 1944 111
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, during the advance on Greve, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
First City/Cape Town Highlanders 112
Formerly Cape Town Highlanders (1943)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY 218
Grave Reference
XI. A. 9. 1
Coordinates
43.77016, 11.34284 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes

Son of George and Ethel A. Willis, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. | Disqus 22 Jun 2017 (nephew): Cpl T.H. Willis, 1st City (Grahamstown), KIA Italy WW2, SR/598296V.

Research notes

Disqus comment 22 Jun 2017: 1st City / T.H. Willis.

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