Service Details
Name:
 PITTS
Given Name:
 STANLEY LESLIE
Initials:
 S L
Service No:
 CN/564203
Rank:
 Able Seaman
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S.A.S. Buffalo
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Date of Death:
 1945-11-08
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died of oedema of glottis due to septic glands following infected fracture of lower jaw, whilst under anesthesia
Additional
Information:
Son of Bernard and Sabina Pitts, of Cape Town. Husband of Hilda Gladys Pitts, of Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A coffee packer.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.2) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 373.

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