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Identity
Person No.
5616
Service No.
34826
Last Name
Dewing 3
First Name
Frederick James
Initials
F J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1916 (±1 yr) 483
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Rank
Signaller
Regiment
South African Corps of Signals 275
Unit
5th S.A. Bde. Sig. Coy. 4
Secondary Unit
attd. Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Death Record
Date of Death
01 June 1942 119
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,379
Died of wounds, while attached to ILH/KR, positioned at Gazala. He was wounded by enemy shelling in the vicinity of Bn HQ, at around midday
Grave Reference
5. C. 6. 1
Location
Country
Libya 785
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 438
Coordinates
32.09586, 23.71913
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Mr. W. H. Dewing, c/o The Standard Bank, North End, Port Elizabeth. Born in Queenstown, Cape Province. A civil servant for the Dept of Justice in Bethlehem. He was unmarried.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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