Service Details
Name:
 HOLMES
Given Name:
 RICHARD CHARLES
Initials:
 R C
Service No:
 235870
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 attd. Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-02-11
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Date of Birth:
 1915-02-03
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during an air attack on the "A" Coy. positions, in the vicinity of Acroma, by 3 enemy aircraft at about 14:00
Additional
Information:
Nephew of Mrs. M. Hirst, of 34 Nelson Street, Port Elizabeth. Born Port Elizabeth. A blockman. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 5. E. 20.

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