Service Details
Name:
 KESSELL
Given Name:
 WILLIAM ALFRED
Initials:
 W A
Service No:
 84138
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-26
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Date of Birth:
 1923-05-06
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in the vicinity of El Makh Khad during the opening stages of the advance and attack at El Alamein
Additional
Information:
Son of Richard and Kathleen Kessell, of 22 Kerk Street, Belgravia. Brother of Mrs. H. Minnikin, of 163B, Jules Street, Belgravia, Johannesburg. Born Johannesburg. A service attendant (van boy). He was unmarried. ***Jewish
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 126.

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