Service Details
Name:
BIRNEY
Given Name:
WILLIAM DESMOND
Initials:
W D
Service No:
30345
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:
1942-04-13
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Age:
24
Cause of Death:
Missing, Death Presumed
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Margaret Elizabeth Birney, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
Egypt
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Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
Column 115.

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