Service Details
Name:
 BIRD
Given Name:
 LEONARD
Initials:
 L
Service No:
 649
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 South African Tank Corps
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Unit:
 6th Armoured Car Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-08
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Date of Birth:
 1910-01-12
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Died of dysentery pleuritis, at Camp 66 POW Hospital, whilst a POW at Caserta, Italy. He had been captured on 14 June 1942 and sent to Italy.
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Ellen Bird, of St. Amant Street, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Born in Mooi River. A Farm manager in Tugela Drift, Natal.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASERTA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IV, B, 19.

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