Service Details
Name:
 FAHRENFORT
Given Name:
 LIONEL NEVILLE
Initials:
 L N
Service No:
 549535V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Medical Corps
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Date of Death:
 1947-01-11
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Date of Birth:
 1927-12-12
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of toxemia and cardiac failure, following burns to his face, neck and hands, received when wearing a Father Christmas beard and trappings which caught alight. Died at the Wynberg Military Hospital.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. Maria Johanna Fahrenfort, of Cape Town. Nephew of Mrs. S. W. Read, of 31 Beach Rd, Strand, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec. 1. Grave 23304A.

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