Identity
Person No.
7283
Service No.
1087V
Last Name
First Name
Fred Morice
Initials
F M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, shrapnel injuries to his arm, buttock and skull, in a contact with the enemy in the vicinity of Greve, Italy, on the 26th July. He was part of a group of 4 tanks left with the SSB on the 25th July
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"A" Squadron
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Reconnaissance
Status
Volunteer unit (pre-1913); Active Citizen Force (Reserve) from 1913
Part of
Lineage from the Royal Durban Rangers (1854) through several volunteer mounted units, unified as Natal Mounted Rifles 1888. Reactivated for the Boer War as Natal Mounted Infantry. Transferred to the Active Citizen Force 1913; converted from cavalry to armoured reconnaissance 1934. Renamed Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles 2019.
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flower, of Winkle Spruit. Born in Durban. A clerk by profession
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