In Memory Of
WHEELER, FREDERICK CREASY
Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
1909-07-20
Service No:
12129
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Die Middelandse Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-04-26
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received 22 April, shrapnel wounds from a 105mm shellburst, abdomen, in Gazala-Tobruk-Acroma area while with 9 Platoon, supporting I.L.H. Died on the 26th at 12th Field Ambulance
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
13. C. 6.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Christopher William Frederick and Fanny Elizabeth Wheeler, of Cyphergat, Cape Province. Husband of Evelyn M. Wheeler, of Molteno, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Cheam, Surrey. A farmer. He had 1 daughter. His brother also died on service.