Identity
Person No.
5693
Service No.
66541
Last Name
First Name
Michael Arnold
Initials
M A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
38
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of pulmonary tuberculosis and enteritis. His death was confirmed by the military authorities to have been directly attributable to war service
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
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Additional Information
Notes
Son of Francis Dickson and Florentine Johanna and educated at High School De Aar, Cape Province. General Botha Cadet draft: 1923-25 and in 1925 he became apprenticed to the Houston Line and served in the S.S. Hesione, gaining his first Mate's certificate in 1938. Soon after the declaration of was he became a Sub-Lieutenant in the SDF, but while on service he contracted Pulmonary Tuberculosis and was discharged permanently unfit for duty.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project