Service Details
Name:
 COOK
Given Name:
 JOHN KITCHENER
Initials:
 J K
Service No:
 35186
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Pretoria Regiment
Date of Death:
 1942-06-21
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Date of Birth:
 1916-06-03
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while part of the Regimental column, stationed at El Beida, covering the withdrawal of troops after the fall of Tobruk
Additional
Information:
Son of Robert and Myra Emily Cook, of Devenish Street, Pretoria, Transvaal. Born in Pretoria. A store assistant by profession. Commemoration stone in Pretoria (Rebecca Street) Cemetery.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 118.

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