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Private WILLIAM JOHN COLMAN

Service Number: 14831
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 11 February 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

1. C. 31.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of John P. and Margaret M. Colman, of Belleville, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription "HE ASKED LIFE OF THEE, AND THOU GAVEST HIM A LONG LIFE: EVEN FOR EVER AND EVER"
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