Service Details
Name:
 DEWING
Given Name:
 FREDERICK JAMES
Initials:
 F J
Service No:
 34826
Rank:
 Signaller
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Signals
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Unit:
 5th S.A. Bde. Sig. Coy.
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Unit 2:
 attd. Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-01
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Date of Birth:
 1916-05-18
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, while attached to ILH/KR, positioned at Gazala. He was wounded by enemy shelling in the vicinity of Bn HQ, at around midday
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. W. H. Dewing, c/o The Standard Bank, North End, Port Elizabeth. Born in Queenstown, Cape Province. A civil servant for the Dept of Justice in Bethlehem. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 5. C. 6.

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