Identity
Person No.
668
Service No.
4265
Last Name
First Name
Herbert Stanley
Initials
H S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
NAT 753
Natural causes
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
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
Part of
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 Mr. F. G. Armstrong and brother of Mrs. A. A. Bradley, of New Street, Grahamstown. Born in Albany, Cape Province. Employed as a casual labourer.
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