Service Details
Name:
 REID
Given Name:
 JOHN WILLIAM
Initials:
 J W
Service No:
 317581V
Rank:
 Signaller
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Signals
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Unit 2:
 attd. Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-27
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in the vicinity of Villa Cotone, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Mary A. Reid, of "Bayview", Forest Hill, Simonstown and later Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Born Simonstown. A postal official.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. C. 5.

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