Service Details
Name:
 AIREY
Given Name:
 BRUCE
Initials:
 B
Service No:
 4220V
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-05-10
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Date of Birth:
 1921-03-29
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while setting up a booby trap, forward of "B" Coy positions, in the vicinity of Acquafondata. Regiment's first casualty in Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Joseph Airey and Agnes Airey, of 5 Gates Street, Uitenhage, Cape Province. Born in Uitenhage. A clerk for the SAR&H. He was unmarried and had 2 sisters and a brother.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. A. 2.

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