Service Details
Name:
CRAWFORD
Given Name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Initials:
J W
Service No:
SR/598523V
Rank:
Trooper
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Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
"A" Sqdn.
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Former Regiment:
formerly South African Corps of Signals
Date of Death:
1944-07-01
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Date of Birth:
1922-10-17
Age:
21
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received during the advance of "A" Squadron, in the vicinity of Torrito di Siena, Italy. His tank was blown up by a mine or demolition charge, killing Bodington, Harvard and Meyer. Crawford died later from severe burn injuries
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Amy Georgina Lilian Crawford, of 9 Luck Street, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Born Mowbray, Cape Town. A timberman. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
V; D, 6.

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