In Memory Of
BESTER, FREDERICK
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
1912-11-11
Service No:
14256
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
1st
Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
Regiment:
Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1941-02-14
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by enemy machine gun fire during Alpha Company?s advance on Gobwin in Abyssinia
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
2. F. 29.
Cemetery:
NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Kenya
Additional Information
Son of Frederick and Huibrecht Bester, of Tamboerskloof. Husband of Anna Elizabeth Bester, of Tamboerskloof. Born Moorreesburg. A clerk with Southern Life Insurance
