Service Details
Name:
KELLY-GLIDDON
Given Name:
MELVIN VICTOR
Initials:
M V
Service No:
230121V
Rank:
Trooper
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Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
1945-04-21
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Date of Birth:
1918-04-28
Age:
26
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when his tank was hit by bazooka fire, SW of Bologna. They were advancing toward Bologna, east of the railway line, past the aerodrome
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Louisa Maria Kelly-Gliddon (nee Vorster), of East Point, Aliwal North, Cape Province; husband of Aletta Johanna Kelly-Gliddon, of 72 Grey Street, Aliwal North, Cape Province. Born in Aliwal North. A shiftman. He had one daughter.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
VI, C, 5.

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