Service Details
Name:
 KIRSTEN
Given Name:
 FREDERICK JOHANNES
Initials:
 F J
Service No:
 136466
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1942-07-15
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Date of Birth:
 1918-08-30
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received during an attack by "B" Coy on the enemy positions near El Alamein. They were transported 4000 yards forward, attacked and successfully captured 55 prisoners
Additional
Information:
Son of Alexander Frederick and Barbara F. Kirsten, of Upsher, Balfour District, Cape Province, South Africa. A probationer mental nurse at the Fort Beaufort Mental Hospital by profession. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IV. F. 10.

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