Identity
Person No.
653
Service No.
14355V
Last Name
First Name
Solomon David
Initials
S D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,732
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in action near Vigo, Italy, on 10 October, hospitalised and released on 23 October. He was only back with the Regiment for 2 weeks when he was killed
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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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 Abraham and Esther Arkin, of 4 Kelvin Street, Tamboereskloof, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A clerk. He was unmarried. He had a brother and a sister. ***Jewish
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