In Memory Of

WOODS, HENRY MICHAEL

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 1917-03-11
Service No:
 6262
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 1st
Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1942-06-09
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when an enemy shell landed on the 14 Platoon kitchen dugout in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 5. C. 15.
Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
 Libya
Additional Information
Son of Henry and Christine Woods, of Drumoland Mansion, Florida Road, Durban. Husband of Ethne Trevaskis Woods, of Currie Road, Durban, Natal (she was serving in Nairobi, Kenya at the time). Born Pinetown, Natal. A clerk with South Africa Reserve Bank by profession