In Memory Of

PLATT, DENNIS ALFRED

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 1915-12-12
Service No:
 5037
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 1st
Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1942-10-24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during attack of second battle of Alamein. In the face of heavy machinegun fire the South Africans stormed the strongpoint and after 15 minutes of desperate close quarter fighting they overcame the enemy resistance. The Natal Company [attached to the SA Field Force Battalion], like the FFB before it, suffered heavily - Lt. Dennis PLATT was killed.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XI. A. 29.
Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Cecil and Hilda Isobel Platt, of Isipingo, Natal. Husband of Pamela Helen (nee Leary) Platt. Born in Isipingo. A Sugar Planter and Miller by profession. Educated at Hilton College, Natal. Commemoration stone in Isipingo Cemetery, Kwazulu Natal.