In Memory Of
BURROUGH, RICHARD MICHAEL
Service Details
Age:
35
Date of Birth:
1906-10-02
Service No:
14748
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-03-21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when the truck he was travelling in was negotiating a gap through the minefield in the RNC Sector at about 21:00 hrs
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
5. E. 23.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Hurbert Burrough, of Carolina, Transvaal and Mary Burrough, of Garforth House, Pretoria. Husband of Pauline Magdaline Burrough, of 4 Inez Road, Sea Point, Cape Town. Born Pretoria. A printer. He had 2 children.