In Memory Of
FOURIE, MARCUS JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1920-02-04
Service No:
84301
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly Rand Light Infantry
Date of Death:
1942-10-30
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by a heavy mortar blitz in the early evening on the Regiment's positions near El Alamein
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. F. 18.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. M. J. Fourie, of 17A, Bertrams Road, Troyville, Johannesburg. Born in Port Elizabeth. A Post Office messenger. His brother also died in service
