Service Details
Name:
 BEATTIE
Given Name:
 DESMOND ROBERT
Initials:
 D R
Service No:
 3981V
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-29
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Date of Birth:
 1922-03-31
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Villa Franca, Italy. A section of carriers were diverted northwest of Padova, in the direction of Villa Franca. He was killed in sporadic contacts with the enemy. He was the last member of the RNC to be killed in action in Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of George Robert and Doris Alma Beattie (nee Stacey), of Crown Hotel, Pietermaritzburg. Born Estcourt, Natal. A clerk. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI, C, 10.

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