Service Details
Name:
 DUCKITT
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JOHN
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 110193V
Rank:
 Corporal
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 6th Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
 1944-07-26
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Date of Birth:
 1920-12-06
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during engagements with enemy Tiger tanks in the vicinity of Mercatale
Additional
Information:
Son of John William and Helie Aletta Johanna Duckitt (nee van der Westhuizen), of "Geelbek", P.O. Darling, Cape Province. Born in Darling, Malmsbury District, Cape Province. A farmer. He was unmarried. Commemorated on Darling Presbyterian Church wall memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. B. 17.

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