Service Details
Name:
 GILCHRIST
Given Name:
 JOHN ADRIAN
Initials:
 J A
Service No:
 135721
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 South African Tank Corps
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Unit:
 2nd Armoured Car Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1941-06-04
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Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died of heat stroke, at sea, buried at sea, while returning to South Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of Archibald and Ellen B. Gilchrist, of Pinetown, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban. An optical mechanic. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 Kenya
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Cemetery:
 EAST AFRICA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 9.

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