Service Details
Name:
 OAKLEY
Given Name:
 HERBERT HARRY
Initials:
 H H
Service No:
 213754V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-20
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Date of Birth:
 1915-02-16
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died in accident, crushed when his tank overturned while busy with Infantry/Tank co-operation maneuvers between FC/CTH and the 6 SAAD Reserve Armoured Regiment
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles John and Flora Caroline Oakley (nee Ashford), of Orange Grove, East London, Cape Province. Husband of Ilva Edith May Oakley (nee Currin), of 40 Goldschmidt Street, East London. Born in East London. A Motor Vehicle Driver for the SAR&H. He had no children.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASERTA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I, E, 14.
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