Service Details
Name:
 GRAY
Given Name:
 JAMES DE VILLIERS BROWSE
Initials:
 J D V B
Service No:
 15609V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-30
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Date of Birth:
 1912-03-28
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Chianciano, Italy. He, together with the B Squadron Commander and the Tech Advisor, were inspecting a broken down tank when a bomb fell near them, wounding Lt. Gray. A vehicle was fetched to transport him for medical attention but that too was was damaged by a bomb, killing Lt. Gray and wounding the B Squadron Commander, Major Buchanan
Additional
Information:
Son of Nicholas Browse and Johanna Jacoba Gray (nee de Villiers), of "Plaisir de Merle", Simondium, Paarl. Born Paarl. A Chartered Accountant. He was unmarried. Commemoration stone in St. Georges Church Yard, Simondium, Paarl District, Western Cape
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. L. 3.

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