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Trooper E V COMPTON

Service Number: 232277V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

III, B, 20.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Edward W. and Ethel Compton.
  • Personal Inscription GOD BLESS HIM. HIS MEMORY WILL LIVE FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 502
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