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Identity
Person No.
8048
Service No.
190291V
Last Name
German 1
First Name
William Eric Shirres
Initials
W E S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1916 (±1 yr) 485
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
01 May 1945 106
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,447
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Engineer Corps 743
Later renamed South African Corps of Engineers
Unit
21 Field Coy. 3
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY 478
Grave Reference
Mil. Sec. Grave 329. 1
Coordinates
-26.15926, 27.9943 OSM
Notes

Son of the Revd. William E. German and Annie W. German, of Tiverton, Devon, England. M.I.M.M.

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