Service Details
Name:
 SMERDON
Given Name:
 WILLIAM GEORGE
Initials:
 W G
Service No:
 90580
Rank:
 Lance Bombardier
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 2 Anti-Tank Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-07
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Date of Birth:
 1921-11-27
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Accidentally killed, whilst engaged in salvage operations, at Regensburg, whilst a POW
Additional
Information:
Son of George Pinwell and Elizabeth Annie Smerdon, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Bad Tolz, Bayern
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Cemetery:
 DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 3. A. 5.

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