Service Details
Name:
 GIBBS
Given Name:
 WILLIAM DOWNES
Initials:
 W D
Service No:
 MPO76967
Rank:
 Rank Unknown
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Regiment:
 South African Army
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Date of Death:
 1949-04-10
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Date of Birth:
 1906-06-30
Age:
 42
Cause of Death:
 Died of tuberculosis, at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital
Additional
Information:
Brother of Jack Gibbs, of Windhoek, South West Africa. Boarded medically unfit and died as a result of ailments contracted while on active duty. An architect.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 319

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