In Memory Of
MASON, WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
41
Date of Birth:
1900-09-12
Service No:
353
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-07-27
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in an operation in the vicinity of El Alamein. The Regiment had been tasked to lift an enemy minefield to create a gap for 69 Bde and an Armoured Bde to pass through. Casualties were inflicted by severe MG fire and artillery bombardment
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XXIV. G. 7.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Husband of Esther Mason, of Park Drive, Port Elizabeth. Born in Johannesburg. A clerk.
