In Memory Of
SAWYER, COLIN CAMPBELL
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
1912-06-12
Service No:
31308
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-06-07
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in a Composite Coy attack on positions to the front which began at 0400. However, heavy enemy fire and mounting casualties resulted in the Coy being withdrawn under a smoke screen supplied by the Artillery. The Regiment was holding positions at Gazala, at the time
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
5. C. 17.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Colin Campbell and Jessie Hamilton Sawyer, of 34 Hathorn Avenue, Sydenham, Johannesburg. Husband of Violet Margaret Sawyer, of 42, Forest St, Forest Hills, Johannesburg. Born Boksburg, Transvaal. A salesman. They had no children.