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Private A V BALCOMB

Service Number: 1320
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LADYSMITH CEMETERY

Plot 13. Row F. Grave 8.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Rose H Balcomb.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

LADYSMITH CEMETERY
Kwazulu Natal South Africa
Number of casualties: 656
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