In Memory Of

CARTER, LEONARD ANTONY EYLES

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 1915-09-01
Service No:
 5071
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 1st
Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-07-29
Cause of Death:
 Died as a result of an accidental explosion of a detonator, at Mersa Matruh, Egypt
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XXVIII. J. 23.
Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Frank and Johanna Sushannah (nee Havemann) Carter, of St. Winifreds, South Coast, Natal, South Africa. Born Greytown. Educated Warner Beach Primary, Durban High School; Natal University College. A clerk. Member of the AECI Club, Umbogintwini. Leonard Carter Road in Warner Beach is named in his memory. Commemorated on AECI Umbogintwini; the Natal Mounted Rifles; the Durban High School; Natal University College & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials