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Identity
Person No.
12526
Service No.
21473
Last Name
Kolbe 1
First Name
Joachim Jacobus White
Initials
J J W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1922 (±1 yr) 602
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
14 June 1942 118
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,653
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Gunner
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Artillery 719
Unit
1 Anti-Tank Regiment 33
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 116. 21
Coordinates
30.83823, 28.94696 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Alamein Memorial (Missing)
On the panel
Column 116.
Notes

Son of Herbert and Wilhelmina E. Kolbe, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa.

Research notes

Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 2 1939-1945 Gunner J.J.W. Kolbe) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/

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