Service Details
Name:
BEAN
Given Name:
REX COLEMAN
Initials:
R C
Service No:
76171V
Rank:
Sergeant
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Regiment:
First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
1944-11-24
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Date of Birth:
1920-09-25
Age:
24
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received while Section Commander of an Observation Post. An enemy patrol approached the post at 2345 on the 23 November and after an exchange of fire, withdrew. Sgt Bean, who was on the telephone at the time, was wounded and subsequently died of his wounds
Additional
Information:
Son of Royal C. and Olive I. Bean, of Lourenco Marques, Portuguese East Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
II, F, 20.

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