Service Details
Name:
 DOBBIN
Given Name:
 WILLIAM PERCIVAL
Initials:
 W P
Service No:
 54885
Rank:
 Constable
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Regiment:
 South African Police
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Date of Death:
 1971-05-22
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Date of Birth:
 1951-12-24
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, landmine explosion in Caprivi Strip, while on Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of Douglas Percival Dobbin and Molly Maria Dobbin (nee Groesbeek). Brother of Marion Dawn Warber (nee Dobbin), Howard Maurice Dobbin, Arthur Douglas Dobbin, and Richard Lionel Dobbin. ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 GREYTOWN CEMETERY
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