Identity
Person No.
5950
Old ROH no.
34741
Service No.
6089
Last Name
First Name
Clifford
Initials
C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received on 17 July, as part of "C" Coy together with Cape Town Highlanders "B" Coy, in an attack on well defended enemy positions near El Alamein
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Reconnaissance
Status
Volunteer unit (pre-1913); Active Citizen Force (Reserve) from 1913
Part of
Lineage from the Royal Durban Rangers (1854) through several volunteer mounted units, unified as Natal Mounted Rifles 1888. Reactivated for the Boer War as Natal Mounted Infantry. Transferred to the Active Citizen Force 1913; converted from cavalry to armoured reconnaissance 1934. Renamed Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles 2019.
Notes
Son of Walter Edward and K. Dovey, of Waverley Road, Hillary, Durban. Member of Warnadoone Lifesavers' Club. Born in Matatiele, Natal. An electrician by profession
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Dedications 1
Source In Memory of C DOVEY Private 6089 1st, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces who died on Monday 20th July 1942. Commemorative Information - Cemetery: ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt Grave Reference/Panel Number: 3. C. 2.