Identity
Person No.
21157
Service No.
88018
Last Name
First Name
Michael Edward
Initials
M E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 134.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
South African Irish, formed 1 December 1914. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment; reformed for WWII (1st SA Irish suffered severe losses at Sidi Rezegh, Nov 1941); converted to artillery (22 Field Regiment) 1946-1959, reconverted to reserve infantry 1960. Renamed Andrew Mlangeni Regiment 2019.
Notes
Son of Edward Michael and Anne Rathbone, of Bree Street, Johannesburg. Husband of Joan Eunice Rathbone, of Johannesburg. Born Natal. A salesman by profession. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour
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