Identity
Person No.
12092
Service No.
84138
Last Name
First Name
William Alfred
Initials
W A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the vicinity of El Makh Khad during the opening stages of the advance and attack at El Alamein
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Cape Town Highlanders 73
Later renamed
First City/Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 126.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Part of
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes
Son of Richard and Kathleen Kessell, of 22 Kerk Street, Belgravia. Brother of Mrs. H. Minnikin, of 163B, Jules Street, Belgravia, Johannesburg. Born Johannesburg. A service attendant (van boy). He was unmarried. ***Jewish
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories
No stories have been added yet.
Dedications
No dedications have been added yet.