Service Details
Name:
 CHOWLES
Given Name:
 JOHN LOCKE
Initials:
 J L
Service No:
 8729
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-07
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Date of Birth:
 1920-11-21
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, after an attack by own forces in the vicinity of El Gazala, Libya
Additional
Information:
Son of Albert Clarence and Emily Locke Chowles, of "The Post", De Kol Siding, Alexandria District, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Alexandria. A farmer.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 120.

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