Service Details
Name:
FELKERS
Given Name:
WILLIAM
Initials:
W
Service No:
C/301379
Rank:
Corporal
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Regiment:
Cape Corps, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
attd. South African Air Force
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Date of Death:
1942-08-24
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Age:
47
Cause of Death:
Died of injuries, multiple accidental injuries caused by the premature explosion of a hand grenade
Additional
Information:
Son of Philip and Maria Felkers; husband of Caroline Felkers, of 47 Couldridge Road, Schauder Township, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. He had 4 children. A labourer. Attached to 24 Sqdn.
Commemoration
Country:
Egypt
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Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
XXXIII. C. 7.

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