Service Details
Name:
 HERBST
Given Name:
 GEORGE CHARLES ALFRED
Initials:
 G C A
Service No:
 92553
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 2nd
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 5th Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
 1941-11-26
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Date of Birth:
 1921-05-14
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, severely injured while crossing own minefield. The doctor was called, examined him and immediately dispatched him by ambulance to hospital. It was then discovered that he had died in transit
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. W. Herbst, of Raleigh Street, Durban. Born in Durban.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXXII. F. 16.

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