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Identity
Person No.
28855
Service No.
1849
Last Name
Wotherspoon 1
First Name
Robert
Initials
R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
02 December 1941 138
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Umvoti Mounted Rifles 39
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY 528
Grave Reference
XIX. H. 14. 1
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 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 Grave
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
Grave
On the panel
XIX. H. 14.
Unit History
Part of
Armour Formation (SAAAF) — Armoured Car — Reserve
Notes

Husband of Mary Edith Wotherspoon (nee Burr). Was well known in Northern Natal as a champion golf player.

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