Service Details
Name:
 BESTEL
Given Name:
 EMMANUEL
Initials:
 E
Service No:
 70098V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 S.S. Homeford
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Date of Death:
 1943-09-21
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Date of Birth:
 1897-06-14
Age:
 46
Cause of Death:
 Died of natural causes, on Mayotte Island, Comores
Additional
Information:
Son of Auge Armand and Marie G. V. G. E. Bestel; husband of Martha Bestel, of Wigton, Cumbria, England. Born Seychelles. He had 4 children. His wife was living at the Lonsdale Hotel, Durban.
Commemoration
Country:
 Madagascar
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Cemetery:
 DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 4. K. 2.

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