Service Details
Name:
 FROST
Given Name:
 ROBERT CUBITT
Initials:
 R C
Service No:
 230008V
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-06
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Date of Birth:
 1923-06-18
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died during Victory "celebrations". He apparently died while celebrating with SSB mates on a balcony of a building when he lost his balance and tumbled backwards over the railing, falling to his death. The Regiment was based at Villa Dettori at the time
Additional
Information:
Son of Ernest Cubitt and Anne Moir Frost, of Woodlea, Kalk Bay, Cape Province. Born Cape Town. A bank clerk. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, C, 16.

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