Service Details
Name:
 WASSERFALL
Given Name:
 CLIFFORD WILLIAM
Initials:
 C W
Service No:
 26436
Rank:
 Bandsman
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-16
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Date of Birth:
 1922-11-22
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received on 7th June in a Composite Coy attack on positions to the front which began at 0400. However, heavy enemy fire and mounting casualties resulted in the Coy being withdrawn under a smoke screen supplied by the Artillery. The Regiment was holding positions at Gazala, at the time. Died in hospital 16th June
Additional
Information:
Son of William Jacob Wasserfall and Johanna Alida Coetzee (nee Viljoen) formerly Wasserfall, of 115, Fifth Avenue, Mayfair, Johannesburg. Born in Johannesburg. A clerk. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 1. G. 25.

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