Service Details
Name:
DE SENAN
Given Name:
EDGAR ALBERT
Initials:
E A
Service No:
234399V
Rank:
Private
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Regiment:
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
1945-04-16
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Date of Birth:
1924-03-26
Age:
21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. When his unit took hill Monte Caprara he and his unit were to flank left and set up the Vickers gun waiting for the German counter attack. While setting up the Vickers, Edgar was shot by a German Sniper straight through the chest.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. Dora B. De Senan, of Clive Road, Landsdown, Cape Province. Born Observatory, Cape Province. A wages clerk before he enlisted.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
III, D, 17.

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