Service Details
Name:
 SAAYMAN
Given Name:
 LORRAINE
Initials:
 L
Service No:
 20547V
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-16
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Date of Death 2:
 1944-09-19
Date of Birth:
 1914-12-31
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when No. 2 and No. 3 Platoons were ordered to advance up Monte Bagno but were met by heavy MG fire which caused casualties so they withdrew, as per orders, realizing that a frontal attack would be costly
Additional
Information:
Son of Sydney S. and Jacomina A. Saayman, of Villiers, Orange Free State. Born in Albertina, Cape Province. A bank clerk for Barclays Bank in Vryburg. He was unmarried. There appears to be some confusion over his date of death as the War Diary records his death in the initial attack on the 16th at 1550. The death date on the Burial Return appears to have been altered to match the burial date.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, B, 12.

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