Service Details
Name:
 WHEELER
Given Name:
 JAMES NAPOLEON
Initials:
 J N
Service No:
 1028
Trade:
 The Reverend
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Chaplain's Department
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Unit:
 Chaplain to the Forces.
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Unit 2:
 attd. 1st Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-11-02
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Date of Birth:
 1906-06-10
Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by enemy artillery fire during the attempt to break through after the initial attack, in the vicinity of El Alamein, Egypt
Additional
Information:
Son of Percy and Ann A. Wheeler; husband of Patricia Wheeler, of "Westfield", Dewdrop, Ladysmith District, Natal. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. H. 20.

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