Service Details
Name:
 STANFORD
Given Name:
 GEORGE FREDERICK
Initials:
 G F
Service No:
 20572V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-23
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Date of Birth:
 1918-10-11
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by machine gun fire, during a counter attack on their positions near Fossa. Italy. The War Diary records his death at 15:40 on the 22 October
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. F. and Mrs. Grace Stanford, of 13 Angel Street, Kimberley. An apprentice mechanic at Stanford's Service Station in George Street, Kimberley. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, D, 4.

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