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Private R E V BASSINGTHWAIGHTE

Service Number: 106731V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

III. B. 1.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest W. and Ann A. Bassingthwaighte, of Windhoek, South West Africa.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1638
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