Service Details
Name:
 KENYON
Given Name:
 DESMOND THOMAS
Initials:
 D T
Service No:
 41258V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-02
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Date of Birth:
 1920-03-13
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in artillery barrage at the road junction, west of Sinalunga, Italy. Their advance was held up by a congestion of tanks and self-propelled guns and this offered a good target for enemy artillery and mortars. They were part of the PR reconnaissance troop
Additional
Information:
Son of George Inglis and Sylvia Anne Kenyon (nee Hitge), of "The Residency", Lady Frere, Cape Province. Born Umtata, Cape Province. A scholar. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. N. 5.

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