Service Details
Name:
DUCKITT
Given Name:
WILLIAM JOHN
Initials:
W J
Service No:
110193V
Rank:
Corporal
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
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Former Regiment:
formerly 6th Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-07-26
Other Casualties on this Date
Date of Birth:
1920-12-06
Age:
23
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during engagements with enemy Tiger tanks in the vicinity of Mercatale
Additional
Information:
Son of John William and Helie Aletta Johanna Duckitt (nee van der Westhuizen), of "Geelbek", P.O. Darling, Cape Province. Born in Darling, Malmsbury District, Cape Province. A farmer. He was unmarried. Commemorated on Darling Presbyterian Church wall memorial
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
III. B. 17.

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