Service Details
Name:
 HOFFENBERG
Given Name:
 JOSEPH SELIG
Initials:
 J S
Service No:
 93954
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1942-07-15
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Date of Birth:
 1922-02-03
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during an attack by "B" Coy on the enemy positions near El Alamein. They were transported 4000 yards forward, attacked and successfully captured 55 prisoners
Additional
Information:
Son of Berel Hoffenberg, of Sarnia Road, Rossburgh, Durban, Natal. Born in Durban. An office clerk by profession. ***Jewish
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXXIII. A. 25.

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