Identity
Person No.
12898
Service No.
84559
Last Name
First Name
Maurice Ralph Paton
Initials
M R P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in action in an operation in the vicinity of El Alamein. The Regiment had been tasked to lift an enemy minefield to create a gap for 69 Bde and an Armoured Bde to pass through. Casualties were inflicted by severe MG fire and artillery bombardment. He suffered a traumatic injury to his left leg and died the same day
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Alfred Ernest Paton Landrey and Frances Harriet Landrey; husband of Frances Annetta Landrey, of Branksome Towers, Wanderers Street, Johannesburg. B.Sc., B.Sc. (Mining). Employed with the Dept of Mines. His brother also died in service in WW1
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project