Service Details
Name:
WOODS
Given Name:
HENRY MICHAEL
Initials:
H M
Service No:
6262
Rank:
Corporal
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Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
1st
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Date of Death:
1942-06-09
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Date of Birth:
1917-03-11
Age:
25
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when an enemy shell landed on the 14 Platoon kitchen dugout in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry and Christine Woods, of Drumoland Mansion, Florida Road, Durban. Husband of Ethne Trevaskis Woods, of Currie Road, Durban, Natal (she was serving in Nairobi, Kenya at the time). Born Pinetown, Natal. A clerk with South Africa Reserve Bank by profession
Commemoration
Country:
Libya
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Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
5. C. 15.

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