Service Details
Name:
 GANE
Given Name:
 HILARY CALDECOTT
Initials:
 H C
Service No:
 113580
Rank:
 Lance Bombardier
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 5 Field Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "C" Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1942-07-07
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Date of Birth:
 1907-09-01
Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Additional
Information:
Son of Justice Percival Carleton, MBE and Emma Gladys (nee Caldecott) Gane, of Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa. Husband of Hulda (nee Bester) Gane, of Grahamstown. Born Grahamstown. A bank official. His brother Captain Everett Percival Hellier Gane also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXIII. H. 14.

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