Service Details
Name:
STOCKENSTROOM
Given Name:
WILLIAM CHARLES
Initials:
W C
Service No:
62501V
Rank:
Trooper
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
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Former Regiment:
formerly Field Force Battalion and Imperial Light Horse
Date of Death:
1944-07-25
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Date of Birth:
1918-09-15
Age:
25
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in the vicinity of Sillano. There were heavy engagements between "B" Squadron and 6 Tiger tanks and enemy anti-tank artillery
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles Edward and Mrs. Stockenstroom, of 21a Pioneer Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg. Born in Johannesburg. A pounder in a Boot Factory. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
XI. C. 8.

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