Service Details
Name:
 LANE
Given Name:
 JAMES REX THOMAS
Initials:
 J R T
Service No:
 242618V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Sqdn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Royal Dublin Light Infantry
Date of Death:
 1944-09-09
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Date of Birth:
 1908-08-11
Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while attempting to lift a booby trapped teller mine near Galciano, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. M. Lane, of Aylesbury Road, Boscombe, Hants, England. Born in Walmer, Cape Province. A wool buyer by profession
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, B, 19.

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