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Corporal V ORPEN

Service Number: AS/1898
Regiment & Unit/Ship

African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.)

Date of Death

Died 02 June 1944

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LADYSMITH CEMETERY

Military Plot 16. Row E. Grave 6.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Ma-Orpen Open.
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Buried or commemorated at

LADYSMITH CEMETERY
Kwazulu Natal South Africa
Number of casualties: 656
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