In Memory Of

POWRIE, JOHN DUNCAN

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 53716
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 3 Field Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Artillery
Date of Death:
 1945-07-21
Cause of Death:
 Died of coronary thrombosis, at sea
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 111.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of John Brown and Margaret Powrie, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. B. Com.; C.A., S.A. Educated at St. John's College. Member of Old Johannian Club. An accountant with Alex, Aitken and Carter. Captured at Tobruk, Libya on 20 June 1942, and was held captive in Campo Prigioniero di Guerra P.G. 47 (PM 3200) at Modena in Italy before being transferred to Germany in September 1943. Liberated from Oflag VA at Weinsberg by U.S. Army Forces on 16 April 1945.