Identity
Person No.
9026
Service No.
94580V
Last Name
First Name
John Gabriel
Initials
J G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received on 27 August 1944 in the vicinity of Villa Cotone, Italy. He suffered a compound fracture of his leg during a bombing attack
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Coordinates
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 Stephen G. and Dorothea E. Hall, of Van Eeden Street, Swellendam, Cape Province, South Africa.
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