Service Details
Name:
 GIRDLESTONE
Given Name:
 JAMES NELSON
Initials:
 J N
Service No:
 104225
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Cape Corps
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Former Regiment:
 formerly South Africa Field Artillery
Date of Death:
 1941-08-11
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Date of Birth:
 1906-10-15
Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Died of congestive cholecystitis, in Somalia
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur Harry and Margaret Adelaide Girdlestone. Husband of T. E. Girdlestone, of 19 Astoria Mansions, Loveday St, Johannesburg. Born Kingston, Surrey. A mining official. He had no children.
Commemoration
Country:
 Somalia
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Cemetery:
 HARGEISA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 B. 16.

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