Service Details
Name:
 BOLD
Given Name:
 JOHN GEORGE
Initials:
 J G
Service No:
 P/10434
Rank:
 Petty Officer
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Regiment:
 South African Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S.A.S. Transvaal
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Date of Death:
 1957-04-10
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Date of Birth:
 1925-06-02
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died of exposure and shock, when a motor cutter and a whaler capsized at Marion Island, spilling him into the sea. They were loading stores from the Frigate Transvaal.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. Ilva (nee Flanagan) Bold, of Durban. Born Queenstown. He had one daughter.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Cemetery:
 BURIED AT SEA
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Grave Reference:
 Memorial Cross on Marion Island

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