Service Details
Name:
 PUTTERILL
Given Name:
 IDRIS WILMORE
Initials:
 I W
Service No:
 1412
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-03-18
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Date of Birth:
 1913-06-03
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died whilst a POW, at Stalag IV B
Additional
Information:
Son of Wilmore Frederic and Florence May Putterill, of Bulwer, Natal, South Africa. Born Pietermaritzburg. A farmer. POW #263311. It is thought he was captured in the vicinity of Bir Riqait, as the Regiment passed through there on 17 June 1942, the day he was reported missing. Commemorated on Bulwer Yellowhead Church War Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Berlin, Berlin
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Cemetery:
 BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 10. K. 2.

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