In Memory Of

ALEXANDER, WILLIAM JOSEPH

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 C/273130
Rank:
 Staff Sergeant
Regiment:
 Cape Corps, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1946-09-21
Cause of Death:
 Died of parenchymatous cerebral syphilis, at Komani Hospital, Quenstown. Medically boarded in 1942, in 1944, he was admitted to Hospital and then DB for safe custody, suffering from a mental disorder. It is unknown if he was released prior to his death in 1946
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Cape Sec.
Cemetery:
 QUEENSTOWN CEMETERY (EASTERN CAPE)
Localitly:
 Eastern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of James and Rosina Alexander, of Worcester. Husband of Jacoba Elizabeth Alexander, of Barkly East. Born Cradock. A shoemaker and teacher.