Identity
Person No.
5785
Service No.
4365
Last Name
First Name
Robert Basil
Initials
R B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died at Springfield Military Hospital. He was previously a POW having been captured at Gazala. He was released 15 May 1945 and repatriated
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
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Country
Locality
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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 Percy James and Sylvia Scott (nee Archer) Dives, of Isipingo Beach, Natal. Born Durban. Employed with SA Rubber Co. He was unmarried. He had 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
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