Service Details
Name:
 COLMAN
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JOHN
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 14831
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1942-02-11
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Date of Birth:
 1914-02-19
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received during an air attack on the "A" Coy. positions, in the vicinity of Acroma, by 3 enemy aircraft at about 14:00
Additional
Information:
Son of John P. and Margaret M. Colman, of Belleville, Cape Town. Husband of Edna Maud Colman, of 109 Upper Queens Road, Walmer Estate, Cape Town. A Railway Labourer and had 1 child.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 1. C. 31.

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