Service Details
Name:
LESS
Given Name:
WILLIAM
Initials:
W
Service No:
19659
Rank:
Private
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Regiment:
Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
1942-06-07
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Date of Birth:
1912-05-20
Age:
30
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, whilst a POW. Captured during an attack on enemy positions in the vicinity of Carmuset-er-Regem, Libya, on the 7 June he received a bullet wound to the abdomen and died the same day
Additional
Information:
Son of Cornelius William Michael and Helena Maria Less, of 10 Regent Street, Woodstock. Husband of Annie Florence Less, of 19 Plumer Road, Woodstock, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A dry cleaner. He had 4 children.
Commemoration
Country:
Libya
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Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
5. E. 15.

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