Service Details
Name:
 HOFFMAN
Given Name:
 EDWARD
Initials:
 E
Service No:
 223722
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 General Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-08-01
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Date of Birth:
 1895-08-01
Age:
 47
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide, self inflicted gunshot wound
Additional
Information:
Brother of Ellen Seaman, of 44 Cavalry Lines, Roberts Heights. Born Oudtshoorn. A carpenter. A widower. He had 2 children.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 32.

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