Service Details
Name:
 RAATH
Given Name:
 JOHN FREDERICK GORDON
Initials:
 J F G
Service No:
 181368
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 3rd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-09
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Date of Birth:
 1923-02-15
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason). He was posted to the Transvaal Scottish from the SATC on 15 October 1941. He was posted as missing on 11 December 1941 and was later confirmed as being a POW.
Additional
Information:
Son of John Frederik Raath and Mary Violet Raath (nee Gordon), of Crosby, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Ladysmith, Natal. A page boy.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 128.

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