Service Details
Name:
BESTER
Given Name:
FREDERICK
Initials:
F
Service No:
14256
Rank:
Sergeant
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Regiment:
Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
1st
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Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
1941-02-14
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Date of Birth:
1912-11-11
Age:
28
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by enemy machine gun fire during Alpha Company?s advance on Gobwin in Abyssinia
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederick and Huibrecht Bester, of Tamboerskloof. Husband of Anna Elizabeth Bester, of Tamboerskloof. Born Moorreesburg. A clerk with Southern Life Insurance
Commemoration
Country:
Kenya
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Cemetery:
NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
2. F. 29.

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