In Memory Of
LEE, ROBERT McCALLUM
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
1914-11-07
Service No:
75580
Rank:
Sapper
Unit:
4 Field Coy.
Regiment:
South African Engineer 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 140.
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.
