Service Details
Name:
 O'DONNELL
Given Name:
 PATRICK RHODES
Initials:
 P R
Service No:
 26518
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class II
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-07-13
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Date of Birth:
 1919-08-29
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at El Alamein, when a bomb dropped by an enemy plane struck near the Battle HQ pill box. He was doing the duties of the RSM at the time.
Additional
Information:
Son of Michael Joseph and Constance O'Donnell (nee Riley), of 44 Ocean Street, Kensington, Johannesburg. Born in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. A clerk. He was unmarried. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IV. D. 16.

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