Service Details
Name:
 GROENEWALD
Given Name:
 HENRY JAMES
Initials:
 H J
Service No:
 230996V
Rank:
 Sapper
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Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
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Unit:
 12 Field Sqn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-11
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Date of Birth:
 1900-01-05
Age:
 44
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by an enemy booby trap in the vicinity of Empoli, Italy
Additional
Information:
Brother of Mrs. D. Riley, of 125 Village Street, Randfontein, Transvaal. Born in Mossel Bay, Cape Province. A carpenter, although unemployed, when he enlisted.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. G. 2.

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