In Memory Of
GATES, REGINALD GODFREY WILLIAM
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
214222
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
3rd Reconnaissance Bn.
Regiment:
South African Tank Corps
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
Cause of Death:
Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 137.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Husband of Martha Louisa Gates (nee Verster)
