Identity
Person No.
9097
Service No.
SR/591858V
Last Name
First Name
George Frederick Richard
Initials
G F R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds. He was the driver of the Squadron Commander's tank that was hit by enemy gunfire in the vicinity of Bagnoregio, Italy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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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 William George and Martha Johanna Hamman, of Mooifontein Farm, Umvuma, Southern Rhodesia. Husband of Isabella Hamman (they got married in Cairo in October 1943, she was stationed at the RAF Base there). Born Umvuma, Southern Rhodesia. A civil servant. He had 3 brothers and 3 sisters.
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