In Memory Of
O'DONNELL, PATRICK RHODES
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1919-08-29
Service No:
26518
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-07-13
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received at El Alamein, when a bomb dropped by an enemy plane struck near the Battle HQ pill box. He was doing the duties of the RSM at the time.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. D. 16.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Michael Joseph and Constance O'Donnell (nee Riley), of 44 Ocean Street, Kensington, Johannesburg. Born in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. A clerk. He was unmarried. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour.
