South Africa War Graves Project

1272 names on 3 memorials; 1626 named graves and 13 graves of the unknown in 17 cemeteries

Cemetery	SA War Dead #	SA serving in Non-SA units War Dead #	SA Unknowns #	Rhodesia War Dead (includes Non-Rhodesia Units) #	Total	Status - Complete, Underway, Part Done	Volunteer
Alamein Memorial	1227	19	0	20	1266	Complete	Ralph McLean
Alexandria (Chatby) British Protestant Cemetery	0	1	0	0	1	Complete	Ralph McLean
Alexandria (Chatby) Jewish Cemetery No3	0	1	0	0	1	Complete	Ralph McLean
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery	48	2	0	1	51	Complete	Ralph McLean
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery	173	11	0	1	185	Complete	Ralph McLean
Aswan Bandar British Cemetery	6	0	0	0	6	Complete	Ralph McLean
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery	15	9	0	0	24	Complete	Ralph McLean
Chatby Memorial	3	1	0	0	4	Complete	Ralph McLean
El Alamein War Cemetery	485	13	9	12	519	Part Done (518 of 519) - Missing R T Orr	Ralph McLean
Fayid Memorial	0	1	0	0	1	Complete	Ralph McLean
Fayid War Cemetery	81	1	0	1	83	Complete	Ralph McLean
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery	368	3	4	6	381	Complete	Ralph McLean
Heliopolis War Cemetery	226	2	0	5	233	Complete	Ralph McLean
Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery	5	5	0	1	11	Complete (includes 1 NWW)	Ralph McLean
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery	28	2	0	0	30	Part Done (29 of 30) - Missing J C J Bronkhorst C. 164A.	Ralph McLean
Moascar War Cemetery	23	2	0	1	26	Complete	Ralph McLean
Port Said War Memorial Cemetery	4	1	0	0	5	Complete	Ralph McLean
Suez African and Indian Army War Cemetery	14	0	0	0	14	Part Done (13 of 14) - Missing J MATAMELA 2. F. 10.	Ralph McLean
Suez War Memorial Cemetery	25	2	0	0	27	Complete	Ralph McLean
Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery	42	0	0	0	42	Complete	Ralph McLean

Alamein is a village, bypassed by the main coast road, approximately 130 kilometres west of Alexandria on the road to Mersa Matruh. The first Commission road direction sign is located just beyond the Alamein police checkpoint and all visitors should turn off from the main road onto the parallel old coast road. The cemetery lies off the road, slightly beyond a ridge, and is indicated by road direction signs approximately 25 metres before the low metal gates and stone wing walls which are situated centrally at the road edge at the head of the access path into the cemetery. The Cross of Sacrifice feature may be seen from the road.

SAs in Other Units

ORR, Bombardier, RALPH THOMAS, 24699. 6 Field Regt. New Zealand Artillery. 25th October 1942. Age 30. Son of Thomas Henry Orr and of Mildred Julia Orr (Nee Lewns), of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. II. A. 26

Kantara War Memorial Cemetery is situated at Kantara East on the eastern side of the Suez Canal, 160 kilometres north-east of Cairo and 50 kilometres south of Port Said. Access to Kantara East is via vehicular or small passenger ferry from Kantara West. Kantara East is 30 kilometres north of Ismailia on the main Ismailia-Port Said road. The cemetery is 3 kilometres by road from the ferry, on the northern outskirts of the village.

BRONKHORST, Private, JOHANNES C. J., 2291. 1st Bn. Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces. 5th October 1941. C. 164A

The cemetery is situated on the western outskirts of the town, about 3 kilometres from the town centre towards the main Cairo to Suez road. The cemetery is in a semi-derelict area of town, next to a drainage canal, 300 metres from the Suez War Cemetery.

MATAMELA, Private, J, N/6223. Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces attd. Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces. 25th August 1941. 2. F. 10

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