Identity
Person No.
8449
Service No.
28288
Last Name
First Name
John Walton
Initials
J W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
XI. E. 27.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Originated 1905 as the Transvaal Cycle Corps; became 11th Infantry (Rand Light Infantry) and transferred to the Active Citizen Force in 1913; renamed Rand Light Infantry 1932. Merged with Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1942-45 (WWII), re-established as a reserve unit post-war, serving in the Border War.
Notes
Son of Henry S. and Dorothy D. Gorst, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
South Africa Government Gazette (gazettes.africa)
open source ↗
Government Gazette No. 3154, 19 Feb 1943, p.79 — deceased estate notice (died on active service)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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