Identity
Person No.
9940
Service No.
74920V
Last Name
First Name
Jack Derrick
Initials
J D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during the attack on Monte Sole and Monte Abelle in the vicinity of La Quercia, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
First City/Cape Town Highlanders 112
Formerly
Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes
Son of Ernest John and Phyllis Myrtle (nee Webb) Hingle, of Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa. His uncle died in service in WW1. His brother also died on service in WW2
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