Service Details
Name:
 RANTHAKA
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 N/21611
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-28
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died of multiple burns, in hospital, received while spraying a dug-out with petrol
Additional
Information:
Son of Andries and Matseko Ranthaka, of Herschel District, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XIII. C. 15.

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