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Identity
Person No.
8819
Service No.
105602
Last Name
Grobler 71
First Name
Unknown
Initials
J G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1910 (±1 yr) 308
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
03 July 1942 149
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,447
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Bombardier
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Artillery 719
Unit
7 Field Regiment 33
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY 528
Grave Reference
XIX. F. 4. 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. F. 4.
Notes

Son of Jesias and Petronella Grobler; husband of Aletta S. Grobler, of Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa.

Research notes

Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 2 1939-1945 Lance Bombardier J.G. Grobler) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/

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