Service Details
Name:
 DIKGASHU
Given Name:
 MATSUBANE HOSIAH
Initials:
 M H
Service No:
 N/27589
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 attd. 10 Field Amb. South African Medical Corps
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Date of Death:
 1946-06-02
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Cause of Death:
 Died of illness, following captivity as a POW
Citations:
 ***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance
Additional
Information:
Husband of Raisibe Dikgashu, of Bakeburg Location, P.O. Mapela, Potgietersrust. Taken Prisoner of War 11 March 1942. Awarded 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, 1939/45 War Medal, and Africa Service Medal. ***Buried Bakeberg Location Cemetery, Potgietersrust
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Limpopo Province
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Cemetery:
 BAKEBERG LOCATION CEMETERY, POTGIETERSRUST
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Grave Reference:
 BAKEBERG LOCATION CEMETERY, POTGIETERSRUST

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