Service Details
Name:
 KITCAT
Given Name:
 GODFREY DE WINTON
Initials:
 G D W
Service No:
 SR/598000V
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 "A" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-02
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Date of Birth:
 1919-12-26
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received severe burn wounds when his tank was hit by an AP round, on the 27 July, in the vicinity of Greve, Italy. "A" Squadron had been conducting recce tasks in the area
Additional
Information:
Son of Rev. Walter Parry de Winton and Ethel Blanche Kitcat, of The Rectory, Cala, Cape Province. Born Cala. A bank clerk. He was unmarried. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. He was living in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. P. 5.

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