Identity
Person No.
4455
Service No.
14854
Last Name
First Name
Henry Patrick
Initials
H P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died of sarcoma of the sacrum. He was a POW from 1942 until his release in 1945
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Cape Town Highlanders 73
Later renamed
First City/Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Part of
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes
Son of Margaret Cooper, of 7 Thirlmere Road, Plumstead, Cape Town. Born Wynberg, Cape Town. A salesman. He was unmarried
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Cape Town, Plumstead Cemetery, Victoria.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Cape Town, Plumstead Cemetery, Victoria
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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