Service Details
Name:
 DANIELS
Given Name:
 DAVID
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 M/19925
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-30
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Date of Birth:
 1916-01-15
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Motor Vehicle Accident, instantly when he fell from a moving truck and landed on the roadway, near Glencairn Quarries, Simonstown
Additional
Information:
Son of Martin and Lizzy Daniels, of East London. Husband of Mrs. L. Daniels, of 99 Cambridge Location, East London. He was part of a group from "P" Reserve Field Company SAEC, Pinelands. They were busy building accommodation for AA Searchlight Batteries and were transporting wooden sheets, when a gust of wind blew the wood from the lorry, together with 6 men.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (KLIP, GRASSY PARK) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Mil. Allotment. Grave 17706.

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