Service Details
Name:
KNOWLES
Given Name:
GEORGE JAMES SIMPSON
Initials:
G J S
Service No:
60694
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
Field Force Brigade, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
3rd Bn.
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Date of Death:
1940-08-07
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Date of Birth:
1906-03-05
Age:
34
Cause of Death:
Died of septicemia, from perforated ulcer at the Military Hospital, Voortrekkerhoogte
Additional
Information:
Son of George and Agnes Knowles, of the Tremona Hotel, Durban. Born Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. He had 2 sisters and 2 brothers.
Commemoration
Country:
South Africa
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Locality:
Gauteng
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Cemetery:
THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
K. 8.

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