Service Details
Name:
 BRAND
Given Name:
 GEORGE NICOL
Initials:
 G N
Service No:
 93245
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-11-28
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Date of Death 2:
 1942-11-29
Date of Birth:
 1896-04-13
Age:
 56
Cause of Death:
 Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles and Jessie (nee Baxter) Brand and brother of Mrs. C. M. Mackintosh, of Cowies Hill, Durban. Born Scotland. An engine driver. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stamford Hill) Cemetery.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 122.

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