Service Details
Name:
 COMPTON
Given Name:
 ERNEST VICTOR
Initials:
 E V
Service No:
 232277V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly South African Tank Corps
Date of Death:
 1944-09-09
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Date of Birth:
 1917-06-24
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while attempting to lift a booby trapped teller mine near Galciano, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Edward Walter and Ethel Compton, of Nahoon View Road, East London. Born Uitenhage. A coach builder for S.A.R. & H. prior to enlistment
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, B, 20.

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