In Memory Of

RUSSELL, JOHN JAMES FRASER

Service Details
Age:
 34
Date of Birth:
 1906-12-23
Service No:
 188358
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 15 Field Amb.
Regiment:
 South African Medical Corps
Date of Death:
 1941-12-02
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Libya
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 24. B. 2.
Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Sir Alexander Fraser Russell and Lady Winifred Isobel Russell, of Cape Town, South Africa; husband of Sheila Anne Graham Russell, of Cape Town. B.A. (Cantab.), Ch.B. (Edin.). Entered Plumtree School in January 1916, leaving in April 1918. He entered the University of Cape Town in 1926; later he qualified as Doctor from the University of Cambridge. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour