Service Details
Name:
 GORST
Given Name:
 JOHN WALTON
Initials:
 J W
Service No:
 28288
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 Support Company
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-23
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Date of Birth:
 1918-04-26
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the attack on Bardia
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry Sydney and Dorothy Daisy Gorst, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. A clerk. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. E. 27.

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