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Identity
Person No.
3970
Service No.
589494V
Last Name
First Name
Ian Barry
Initials
I B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, when "C" Coy and elements of PAG, moved up to the area north of Montallese, where they encountered stiff opposition
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes

Son of Ernest Frederick and Thora Katherine Clayton. Brother of Mrs. Deena Tweeddale Streek (nee Clayton), of 17 Ridge Road, Scotsville, Pietermaritzburg. Born in Eshowe, Zululand. A farmer. He was unmarried and had 2 other brothers.

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