Service Details
Name:
 DRUMMOND
Given Name:
 HUGH MALCOLM
Initials:
 H M
Service No:
 4236
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1942-07-06
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Date of Birth:
 1917-09-23
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim
Additional
Information:
Son of Ronald M. and Aileen G. Drummond, of Estcourt, Natal, South Africa. Born in Estcourt. A candidate attorney.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXIII. H. 15.

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