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Identity
Person No.
9296
Service No.
591486V
Last Name
Harris 53
First Name
Sydney
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1925 (±1 yr) 290
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
22 July 1944 111
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,653
Killed in action, during the attack on Monte Fili, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 151
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY 218
Grave Reference
XI. A. 4. 1
Coordinates
43.77016, 11.34284 OSM
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 Charles William and Maria Elizabeth Harris, of Lilian Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born in Cape Town. A lorry driver.

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