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Identity
Person No.
5607
Service No.
229953V
Last Name
Devitt 2
First Name
Dennis Gordon
Initials
D G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1925 (±1 yr) 290
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
08 June 1944 105
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,435
Died of wounds, received in action at Viterbo, 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 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY 187
Grave Reference
II, D, 13. 1
Coordinates
42.58562, 11.99863 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 Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Devitt, of Gladstone Street, Port Elizabeth.

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