Service Details
Name:
 WHEELER
Given Name:
 CHRISTOPHER HAROLD CREASY
Initials:
 C H C
Service No:
 38912V
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class I
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Regiment:
 Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-19
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Date of Birth:
 1914-05-18
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in Italy
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 19 July 1945 - "For gallant and distinguished services in Italy"
Additional
Information:
Son of Christopher William Frederick and Fanny Elizabeth Wheeler, of Cyphergat, Cape Province. Some documents suggest he might have died on the 14th October. His brother also died on service.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I, C, 16.

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