Service Details
Name:
 BROWN
Given Name:
 ZANE
Initials:
 Z
Service No:
 233077V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-11-08
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Date of Birth:
 1925-01-26
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, shell wound left shoulder and left upper chest. He was wounded on 10 October during a counter-attack on the RNC positions on Mount Stanco, Italy, by elements of the 16th SS Division. After being hospitalised, he appeared to be on the mend but relapsed on the 6 November and died 2 days later
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederick Raymond and Phoebe Annie Brown, of 17 Bonvista Mansions, Twist Street, Johannesburg. Born in Durban. Enlisted direct from school. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 NAPLES WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IV.A. 14.

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