In Memory Of
KESSELL, WILLIAM ALFRED
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1923-05-06
Service No:
84138
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-10-26
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in the vicinity of El Makh Khad during the opening stages of the advance and attack at El Alamein
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 126.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Richard and Kathleen Kessell, of 22 Kerk Street, Belgravia. Brother of Mrs. H. Minnikin, of 163B, Jules Street, Belgravia, Johannesburg. Born Johannesburg. A service attendant (van boy). He was unmarried. ***Jewish
