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Identity
Person No.
4307
Service No.
125623V
Last Name
Colson
1
First Name
Edward William
Initials
E W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1921
(±1 yr)
699
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Private
Regiment
First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
112
Unit
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
05 February 1945
80
Cause of Death
Killed in action
9,874
Killed in action, in an early morning raid on a machine gun nest known a "LULU", in the Grizzana area
Grave Reference
VI, C, 2.
1
Location
Country
Italy
1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
401
Coordinates
44.14397, 11.16183
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mary Ann Isabella Gibbons, of Claremont, Cape Town.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project
southafricawargraves.org — record #4307