Service Details
Name:
 DADFORD
Given Name:
 ERNEST JOHN EMMETT
Initials:
 E J E
Service No:
 214599V
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-19
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Date of Birth:
 1910-09-05
Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when his Stuart tank overturned during the advance toward the Reno River, in the vicinity of Pradura
Additional
Information:
Son of George E. and Maude Elizabeth (nee McGuinness) Dadford. Husband of Edna Annie Emmett Dadford (nee Yallup), of 25, East Grove, Railway Camp, Mafeking, Cape Province. Born in Kimberley. A bricklayer. He had 2 sons.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI, F, 6.

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