Identity
Person No.
776
Service No.
188507
Last Name
First Name
James Ernest
Initials
J E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing, Death Presumed after being injured in a mine explosion while on an evening patrol near Ca Di Co, Italy. Enemy fire prevented the survivors from extracting the wounded. Attempts to locate them the next day proved fruitless
Military Service
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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 Williamina Jean Auld, of Messina, Northern Transvaal. Born Gourock, Scotland. A clerk. He was unmarried.
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