Service Details
Name:
 COGHLAN
Given Name:
 WILLIAM
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 M/13183V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-27
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Executed, judicial hanging, convicted of murder in order to commit robbery
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Caroline Coghlan, of Victoria Road, Mowbray, Cape Province, South Africa. Enlisted as Joseph Abrahams but later gave a sworn statement that his name was actually COGLIEN although his mother maintained his name was COGHLAN. His file gives his name as COGLIEN.
Commemoration
Country:
 Israel
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Cemetery:
 RAMLEH 1939-45 MEMORIAL
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Volunteer Information
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