Service Details
Name:
 ADAMS
Given Name:
 CECIL MELVILLE
Initials:
 C M
Service No:
 127957
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-31
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Date of Birth:
 1921-07-16
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during attack on Bardia, North Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Melville Mortimer, of Johannesburg and Charlotte Adams (nee Ratinck), of 6920C, Malabar Street, Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California, USA. It seems his mother moved to the USA after her husbands death in 1937. Born in Pretoria. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 12. G. 9.

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