In Memory Of
LEE, JAMES McCALLUM
Service Details
Age:
37
Date of Birth:
1907-11-06
Service No:
213969
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
7th Reconnaissance Bn.
Regiment:
South African Tank Corps
Date of Death:
1944-11-12
Cause of Death:
Died as a POW, froze to death in a snowstorm on 12th November 1944 after escaping from a German prisoner of war camp in Italy. Captured at Tobruk
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 136.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Michael and Janet McCallum Lee, of 50 Devenish Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria. His three brothers also died in service.
