Service Details
Name:
 DATES
Given Name:
 JOHN VALENTINE
Initials:
 J V
Service No:
 26743V
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
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Unit:
 "B" Coy.
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Unit 2:
 3 Platoon
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-21
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Date of Birth:
 1922-05-21
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in action. He was part of 3 Platoon, "B" Coy, which had debussed to secure the area west of the road to San Giovanni, near San Antonio
Additional
Information:
Son of Andrew and Martha Dates, of 138A, Elston Avenue, Benoni, Transvaal. Born in Bloemfontein. An apprentice carpenter. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI, F, 10.

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