Service Details
Name:
 McMENAMIN
Given Name:
 JOHN GERALD
Initials:
 J G
Service No:
 240213
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1941-04-22
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Date of Birth:
 1901-05-18
Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by a stray bullet, during the advance through the hills near Combolcia, on the Dessie - Addis Ababa Road, Ethiopia
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 23 June 1942 pg. 2745
Additional
Information:
Son of John J. and Anna McMenamin; husband of Aletta McMenamin, of Park Hill Road, Webber, Germiston, Transvaal. M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.
Commemoration
Country:
 Ethiopia
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Cemetery:
 ADDIS ABABA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. D. 12.

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