Identity
Person No.
28828
Service No.
107651V
Last Name
First Name
William Charles Stanley
Initials
W C S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, gunshot wound to the abdomen, received on 24 November in the vicinity of Grizzana, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
First City/Cape Town Highlanders 112
Formerly
Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
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 Richard and Hester Woods, of Princess Alice Avenue, Brooklyn, Cape Town, South Africa. A butcher's block-man prior to enlistment.
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