Service Details
Name:
 BENCE
Given Name:
 CORNELIUS HERMANUS
Initials:
 C H
Service No:
 141538
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 1 Anti-Tank Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-15
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Date of Birth:
 1921-06-30
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Additional
Information:
Son of Cornelis Johannes Hermanus and Maria Johanna Magdalena (nee Thyssen) Bence. Nephew of Mrs. Elizabeth Wolmarans, of Oudtshoorn, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Oudtshoorn.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 115.

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