Service Details
Name:
 BRIDGEWATER
Given Name:
 HENRY JAMES WILLIAM
Initials:
 H J W
Service No:
 590182V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Prince Alfred's Guard, S.A.Forces
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-22
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Date of Birth:
 1926-03-27
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received when his tank was hit by enemy bazooka fire. They had been travelling along the South Bank of the River Panoro, with the objective of establishing a bridgehead at Finale Nell Emilia, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry Mark and Helen Maud Bridgewater, of 8 Hopkins Street, Yeoville, Johannesburg. Born Rustenburg, Transvaal. A student. He was unmarried and had 2 sisters.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI, J, 12.

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