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Identity
Person No.
1431
Service No.
105542
Last Name
Beckman 1
First Name
Kenneth Walter
Initials
K W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
17 August 1942 155
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
Died at sea 111
Died at sea, returning from the Middle East
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Bombardier
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Artillery 719
Unit
1 Field Regiment 34
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 113. 19
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 113.
Notes

Son of Mr. R. Beckman, of Maitland, Cape Town.

Research notes

Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 2 1939-1945 Lance Bombardier K.W. Beckman) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/

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