Identity
Person No.
7207
Service No.
87963V
Last Name
First Name
James
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during an enemy counter attack by elements of the 16th SS Division, on the Regiments positions, at the Battle of Monte Stanco
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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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
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 Thomas and Eleanor Frances Fitzgerald (nee Burke), of Little Saint Cross, Waydown Road, Haselmere, Surrey, England. Husband of Iris Mary Fitzgerald (nee King), of 32, Upper Park Drive, Forest Town, Johannesburg. Born in Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland. An insurance official. He had 2 children.
Citations
LG Sup 13 January 1944 pg. 274
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