Service Details
Name:
 FERREIRA
Given Name:
 WILLIAM
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 C/301944
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 Cape Corps, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 attd. 6 Field Regt. South African Artillery
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Date of Death:
 1942-01-01
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Date of Birth:
 1914-11-09
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Drowned, in the Carolina area, while on active service
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. C. Ferreira, of 13 Hartman St, Port Elizabeth. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Carolina Location Cemetery.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 CAROLINA CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Military Plot. Spec. Mem.

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