Service Details
Name:
 NOCHUMSOHN
Given Name:
 HARRY
Initials:
 H
Service No:
 612592V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1945-01-13
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Date of Birth:
 1925-10-11
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by enemy shellfire, shrapnel wounds, while standing to in his firing trench. He was found to be missing on the following morning and after a search, his body was found under the snow. He must have died before 03:00 as that was when the shelling stopped. His Coy (B Coy) had stood to all night on account of the attack at Saligastro.
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles and Yachne Bluma (Flora) Nochumsohn and brother of Mr. S. J. Nochumsohn, of Berea, Johannesburg. Born Lithuania. ***Jewish
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, B, 23.

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