Service Details
Name:
 BAARS
Given Name:
 JAMES IVAN
Initials:
 J I
Service No:
 SR/597879V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-10
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Date of Birth:
 1921-12-26
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by Anti-Tank fire and shelling in the Viterbo Area. When the Regiment advanced at 0900 hours, they encountered the enemy in prepared positions. He was killed during the advance
Additional
Information:
Son of Ivan and Freda Baars, of 118A Sinoia Street, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Born in Salisbury. An apprentice Panel Beater. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, C, 6.

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