Identity
Person No.
20758
Service No.
226501V
Last Name
First Name
Walter A'becket
Initials
W A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,811
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. His tank was knocked out and he was wounded during the advance on Sarteano, Italy. He was taken to a first aid post for treatment but the post was hit by mortar fire and he was killed
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Pretoria Regiment, formed 1 July 1913 as an Active Citizen Force infantry battalion. Converted to armour 1943 (Italian Campaign, RAC depots in Egypt). Renamed Pretoria Armour Regiment 2019; one of 52 Reserve Force units renamed that year.
Notes
Son of Alfred A'Becket and Olive Rebecca Probart, of 2 Milner Street, Queenstown, Cape Province. Born Cape Town. An attorney's clerk. He was unmarried. His father died in service in WW1
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