Service Details
Name:
 PHILLIPS
Given Name:
 GODFREY ROLAND
Initials:
 G R
Service No:
 19324
Rank:
 Private
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-28
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Date of Birth:
 1904-02-26
Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in the vicinity of El Makh Khad during the opening stages of the advance and attack at El Alamein. He had a compound fracture of his right femur, received 24 October, and died at No. 5 South African General Hospital on 28 October
Additional
Information:
Son of Bertie Tom and Jessie Phillips, of 38 Alice Street, Goodwood. Husband of Grace Evelyn Phillips, of 30 Barnet Street, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A departmental manager. He had one child.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. E. 29.

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