Service Details
Name:
LAVIS
Given Name:
ALBERT
Initials:
A
Service No:
79989V
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:
"A" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1944-07-25
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Date of Birth:
1914-02-02
Age:
30
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when 3 Sherman tanks were knocked out in the vicinity of Panzano, Italy and the crews escaped while under heavy bombardment
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas J. and Teresa M. C. Lavis, of Lake Road, Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Benoni (Rynsoord) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
III. G. 16.

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