Service Details
Name:
 ATKINS
Given Name:
 THOMAS ALBERT
Initials:
 T A
Service No:
 RLY/216
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 Railway Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1940-11-03
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Date of Birth:
 1895-06-30
Age:
 45
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, received in train accident, while standing guard at night on the Olifants River Bridge near Witbank when the oncoming train struck him. He was placed in the train and taken to Witbank where he died without regaining consciousness
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas Atkins and Mrs. Emma R. Atkins, of Harvey St, Durban.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 eMALAHLENI (JOUBERTSRUS) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Gen. Plot. Grave 216.

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