Identity
Person No.
7917
Service No.
82617V
Last Name
First Name
Kenneth
Initials
K
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, shot by a sniper when his tank was disabled and he baled out. While his wounds were being treated, he was once again shot and died. This was in the vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Pretoria Regiment, formed 1 July 1913 as an Active Citizen Force infantry battalion. Converted to armour 1943 (Italian Campaign, RAC depots in Egypt). Renamed Pretoria Armour Regiment 2019; one of 52 Reserve Force units renamed that year.
Notes
Son of Alfred Atkinson and Olive Elizabeth Gates (nee Williams), of 11 Barclay Road, Dunnottar, Nigel, Transvaal. Born Germiston. Employed on a Gold Mine. He was unmarried.
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