Service Details
Name:
 GILBERT
Given Name:
 WILLIAM GRAHAM
Initials:
 W G
Service No:
 193097V
Rank:
 Sapper
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Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
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Unit:
 12 Field Sqn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Special Service Battalion
Date of Death:
 1944-08-03
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Date of Birth:
 1919-08-22
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while in support of FC/CTH near Montanino. His troop was constructing a Bailey Bridge at the River Arno
Additional
Information:
Son of William Grace and Sarah Cornelia Wilhelmina Gilbert, of "Ben Venue", St. Michaels Road, Claremont, Cape Province. Born Bushmansriver, Cape Province. A Surveyor and Welder
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. A. 16.

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