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Identity
Person No.
3891
Service No.
279990V
Last Name
Clark 51
First Name
Clarence Lancelot
Initials
C L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1926 (±1 yr) 140
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
15 April 1945 183
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, during the attack on Monte Caprara, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 151
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,343
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY 401
Grave Reference
VI, J, 6. 1
Coordinates
44.14397, 11.16183 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Witwatersrand Rifles, formed 1 May 1903. Active Citizen Force regiment through WWI/WWII/Border War (1970-1994 Border War operations). Renamed Bambatha Rifles 2019. Needs further research on Regiment de la Rey naming/merger history.
Notes

Son of Henry Sidney Clark and Anna Elizabeth Amanda (born Hollis, formerly Clark) Clulow, of Sydenham Road, Port Elizabeth.

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