Service Details
Name:
 GUNN
Given Name:
 IVAN
Initials:
 I
Service No:
 19725
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-27
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Date of Birth:
 1916-01-22
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in minefield, in the vicinity of El Alamein during the opening stages of the advance and attack. He was the Platoon Commander of No. 7 Platoon, "B" Coy.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. Mona Gunn, of 18 Sutton Court Road, Sutton, Surrey, England. Born London. A bank clerk in Cape Town. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. C. 13.

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