Identity
Person No.
23588
Service No.
89857
Last Name
First Name
Percy Harold
Initials
P H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Tobruk, left wagon lines and tried to make the wounded more comfortable. While applying first aid he was killed by a machine gun bullet
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Bombardier
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 114.
Notes
Son of Percy W. R. and Alice M. Smith, of Umhlanga Rocks, Natal; husband of Esther Enodia Smith, of Bower Street, Brooklyn, Cape Town. Born in Fort Beaufort. A male nurse at the Town Hill Mental Hospital, Pietermaritzburg. His brother also died on service
Research notes
Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 2 1939-1945 Lance Bombardier P.H. Smith) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
World War 2 1939-1945 Lance Bombardier P.H. Smith
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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