Identity
Person No.
8734
Service No.
73172V
Last Name
First Name
Walter Neville
Initials
W N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, 28 (passengers: 24 crew:4) crashed shortly after take off into Lake Victoria, in Douglas C-47 Dakota #6812
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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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 Walter Joseph Ernest and Lilian Elizabeth Gregory, of Merrivale, Natal, South Africa. Born in Windhoek, South West Africa. Worked on the Railways before enlistment.
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