In Memory Of

SMITH, PERCY HAROLD

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1913-07-07
Service No:
 89857
Rank:
 Lance Bombardier
Unit:
 2 Field Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Artillery
Date of Death:
 1942-06-20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Tobruk, left wagon lines and tried to make the wounded more comfortable. While applying first aid he was killed by a machine gun bullet
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 114.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Percy William Robert and Alice Maud Smith, of "Avalon", P.O. Umhlanga Rocks, Natal. Husband of Esther Enodia Smith, of Bower Street, Brooklyn, Cape Town. Born Fort Beaufort. A male nurse at the Town Hill Mental Hospital, Pietermaritzburg. His brother also died on service. Pietermaritzburg (Mountain Rise) Cemetery