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Identity
Person No.
28691
Service No.
88042
Last Name
First Name
Joseph
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason)
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
South African Irish, formed 1 December 1914. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment; reformed for WWII (1st SA Irish suffered severe losses at Sidi Rezegh, Nov 1941); converted to artillery (22 Field Regiment) 1946-1959, reconverted to reserve infantry 1960. Renamed Andrew Mlangeni Regiment 2019.
Notes

Son of Joseph and Mary Winlock; nephew of Emily Cooper, of 14th Street, Orange Grove, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. His brother G. Winlock also fell.

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