Identity
Person No.
19754
Service No.
4189
Last Name
First Name
Atholl Mason
Initials
A M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at the Italian border post of El Wak, on the northern Kenyan frontier with Italian Somaliland. While advancing on Durro Hachi, a group of huts within a thorn zariba, had to cross a clearing about half a mile wide under fairly hot enemy fire. The Regiment lost its first World War II casualty, in this otherwise successful clash
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of James and Eunice Warder Paton, of Bulwer Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa; husband of Mildred Grace Paton, of Deanery Lane, Pietermaritzburg. Born in Pietermaritzburg. A clerk.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project