In Memory Of

RENNIE, JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 33
Date of Birth:
 1908-11-09
Service No:
 8777
Rank:
 Corporal
Regiment:
 Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
 formerly 1st City
Date of Death:
 1942-10-14
Cause of Death:
 Died in Accident, 11 perished in the accident. Whilst clearing mines and transporting them to 3 South African Field Coy. It appears that one of the land mines had not been defused correctly and exploded on the back of the truck detonating the other mines and killing the 9 on the back of the truck plus the driver and passenger in the cab
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave III. B. 22.
Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Robert Edwin and Daisy Rennie, of Bedford, Cape Province, South Africa; husband of Winifred B. Rennie, of 20 Carrington Street, Cradock, Cape Province. Born Bedford. A farmer. He had one child. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. On Bedford Town War Memorial, Eastern Cape