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Major R A POLKINGHORNE

Service Number: 323000V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

General Service Corps, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1947

Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY

English Church Sec. Grave 1538.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Awards Member of the Order of the British Empire
  • Additional Info Husband of E. L. Polkinghorne, of Johannesburg.
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Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
Gauteng South Africa
Number of casualties: 646
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