Identity
Person No.
8314
Service No.
26782
Last Name
First Name
Walter Victor
Initials
W V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
40
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, by an anti-tank shell during attack on Bardia, North Africa. He was a platoon commander in "C" Coy and was recommended for the award of the Military Cross (Posthumous) for his actions during the attack
Military Service
Location
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Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Car
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Formed 21 September 1899 as the Imperial Light Horse (Second Boer War). Volunteer unit in the Transvaal Volunteers 1902-1913, then transferred to the Active Citizen Force as "5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse)" in 1913. Reformed as an armoured regiment 1949; split into 1 LHR/2 LHR 1975 (Border War era), reamalgamated 1997. Renamed Johannesburg Light Horse Regiment 2019.
Notes
Husband of Olga Elizabeth Goldby (nee Gidske), of Blue Lagoon, Natal. A sales supervisor. He had one child.
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