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Identity
Person No.
15629
Service No.
53470
Last Name
Matthews 31
First Name
Roland Kingsley
Initials
R K
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1913 (±1 yr) 376
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
14 June 1942 118
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, near Gazala
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Bombardier
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 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 Thomas Henry and Tessa Ethline Matthews, of 66, 11th Street, Orange Grove. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour

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