In Memory Of
KIRSTEN, FREDERICK JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1918-08-30
Service No:
136466
Rank:
Private
Unit:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-07-15
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received during an attack by "B" Coy on the enemy positions near El Alamein. They were transported 4000 yards forward, attacked and successfully captured 55 prisoners
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. F. 10.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Alexander Frederick and Barbara F. Kirsten, of Upsher, Balfour District, Cape Province, South Africa. A probationer mental nurse at the Fort Beaufort Mental Hospital by profession. His brother also died on service
