Service Details
Name:
 KNOWLES
Given Name:
 GEORGE JAMES SIMPSON
Initials:
 G J S
Service No:
 60694
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Field Force Brigade, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 3rd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1940-08-07
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Date of Birth:
 1906-03-05
Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Died of septicemia, from perforated ulcer at the Military Hospital, Voortrekkerhoogte
Additional
Information:
Son of George and Agnes Knowles, of the Tremona Hotel, Durban. Born Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. He had 2 sisters and 2 brothers.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 K. 8.

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