Service Details
Name:
 KOCH
Given Name:
 BASIL
Initials:
 B
Service No:
 612744V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-24
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Date of Birth:
 1921-06-14
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, abdomen received 16 April, by machine gun fire between Casa Dizzola and Casa Bregade, Italy, while on patrol. He was hospitalised but died on 24 April
Additional
Information:
Son of John H. E. and Margaret H. Koch, of 73, The Mansions, West Street, Durban. Born Johannesburg. A motor mechanic. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI, F, 12.

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