Service Details
Name:
 FORTAIN
Given Name:
 WILLIAM MATHEW
Initials:
 W M
Service No:
 C/165587
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Cape Corps, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 attd. 1/2 Field Force Brigade, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-14
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Date of Birth:
 1915-07-15
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Additional
Information:
Son of David and Catherine Fortain, of 36 Highfield Road, Schauder Township, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. Service in East Africa and Middle East. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 153.

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