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Identity
Person No.
26549
Service No.
143957
Last Name
Van Den Broucke 1
First Name
Unknown
Initials
W H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1913 (±1 yr) 376
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
15 April 1942 183
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died as POW 169
Died whilst a POW
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Gunner
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Artillery 719
Unit
2 Anti-Tank Regiment 29
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 117. 17
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 117.
Notes

Son of Hendrik and Helena van den Broucke.

Research notes

Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 2 1939-1945 Gunner W.H. van den Broucke) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/

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