Service Details
Name:
 CRERAR
Given Name:
 DAVID JOHN
Initials:
 D J
Service No:
 281
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Special Service Battalion
Date of Death:
 1942-04-12
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Date of Birth:
 1916-09-02
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, abdominal wound, received during a planned attack of 2 Platoons, R.N.C., in the vicinity of Gazala, on 8 April
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry and Ada Maud Crerar, of Francis Road, Ladysmith, Natal. Born Pietermaritzburg. A farm manager by profession
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 13. G. 16.

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