Service Details
Name:
 COPE
Given Name:
 JOHN HENRY
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 38264
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 2 Pretoria Regiment
Date of Death:
 1942-07-06
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Date of Birth:
 1917-05-26
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim. He was initially posted as Missing, believed killed. His body was not recovered
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. E. Cope, of Oxford Street, East London, Cape Province. Born at Thomas River. A bank clerk in the Vereeniging area.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 118.

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