Service Details
Name:
 WILSON
Given Name:
 DAVID JEFFERY
Initials:
 D J
Service No:
 173806V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Prince Alfred's Guard, S.A.Forces
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Unit:
 "A" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-22
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Date of Birth:
 1919-02-28
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by enemy bazooka fire. They were part of "A" Sqdn, and equipped with 17 Pdr Shermans, they were moving along the south bank of the River Panoro with the objective of establishing a brigdehead at Finale Nell Emilia, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Samuel Scott and Catherine Wilson, of Meyerton, Transvaal. Born Johannesburg. A plasterer. He was unmarried and had a brother and a sister.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI, G, 11.

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