Service Details
Name:
McCREA
Given Name:
JAMES ALEXANDER
Initials:
J A
Service No:
73292V
Rank:
Trooper
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Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
1945-04-29
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Date of Birth:
1921-04-01
Age:
24
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received during advances to breach the Venetian Line. They were trying to seize a bridge before it was blown up by the Germans
Additional
Information:
Son of Ernest and Esther McCrea, of No. 2, Staff Quarters, Rand Refinery, Johannesburg. Born Kimberley. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
VI, A, 8.

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