Service Details
Name:
 PROBART
Given Name:
 WALTER A'BECKET
Initials:
 W A
Service No:
 226501V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-23
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Date of Birth:
 1916-01-23
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. His tank was knocked out and he was wounded during the advance on Sarteano, Italy. He was taken to a first aid post for treatment but the post was hit by mortar fire and he was killed
Additional
Information:
Son of Alfred A'Becket and Olive Rebecca Probart, of 2 Milner Street, Queenstown, Cape Province. Born Cape Town. An attorney's clerk. He was unmarried. His father died in service in WW1
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, D, 5.

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