Identity
Person No.
7646
Service No.
82034V
Last Name
First Name
Addie Ronald
Initials
A R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, to head, abdoman and both arms suffered in a hand grenade explosion. He died in the ambulance en route to hospital
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Witwatersrand Rifles, formed 1 May 1903. Active Citizen Force regiment through WWI/WWII/Border War (1970-1994 Border War operations). Renamed Bambatha Rifles 2019. Needs further research on Regiment de la Rey naming/merger history.
Notes
Son of Adolf and Amy Freeman, of Brink Avenue, Selection Park, Springs, Transvaal, South Africa. Born in Kimberley. A locomotive driver by profession but was unemployed prior to enlistment.
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