Service Details
Name:
 LAST
Given Name:
 CECIL GEORGE
Initials:
 C G
Service No:
 9900V
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Medical Corps
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Unit 2:
 attd. First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-22
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Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 M M
Citations:
 LG Sup 31 December 1942 - "During recent operations Cpl Last has carried out the duties of medical orderly with complete disregard for his own personal safety. One the night of the 23/24 October 1942, this NCO went forward with "A" and "C" Coys, 1/Cape Town Highlanders into the attack. When the "A" Coy Medical Corporal got detached from his force, Cpl Last attended the wounded of both Coys. Throughout the action, he attended the wounded and supervised their evacuation in the face of intense shell-fire. Again on the night of the 26/27 October 1942, this NCO showed complete lack of fear in helping to attend to the wounded of "B" Coy. 1/Cape Town Highlanders, while exposed to intense enemy machine-gun and shell-fire."
Additional
Information:
Son of William G. and Beatrice Last, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 V, D, 12.

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