Service Details
Name:
 STANNARD
Given Name:
 KENNETH JAMES
Initials:
 K J
Service No:
 33696V
Rank:
 Private
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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 Birth:
 1908-10-29
Age:
 35
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 Robert J. and Mary Stannard. Brother of Mrs. Nora Agnes Bain, of 56 Galteemore Street, Malvern, Johannesburg. Born in Melbourne, Australia. A grocer. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, B, 17.

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