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Identity
Person No.
3267
Service No.
28105
Last Name
First Name
Farquhar Bentley
Initials
F B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during attack on Bardia, North Africa
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
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)
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 William Simon Farquhar Cameron. A mine sampler for West Rand Consolidated Mine, District Krugersdorp

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