Service Details
Name:
 FAWKNER
Given Name:
 CYRIL THURSTON
Initials:
 C T
Service No:
 117993
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1947-07-18
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Date of Birth:
 1891-06-20
Age:
 56
Cause of Death:
 Died of bronchial carcinoma, at Wynberg Military Hospital
Additional
Information:
Son of Walter and Minnie E. M. Fawkner of Francis Well, Carmarthen, South Wales. Born London, England. He resided at Rhodes Fruit Farms, Groot Drakenstein, Cape Province, where he worked as an Assistant Farm Manager. He had seen service with the 12 Royal Fusiliers, Queenstown RWK Regt and King's African Rifles.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (PLUMSTEAD) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave UM. 91.

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