In Memory Of
GILCHRIST, JOHN ADRIAN
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
135721
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
2nd Armoured Car Coy.
Regiment:
South African Tank Corps
Date of Death:
1941-06-04
Cause of Death:
Died of heat stroke, at sea, buried at sea, while returning to South Africa
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 9.
Cemetery:
EAST AFRICA MEMORIAL
Country:
Kenya
Additional Information
Son of Archibald and Ellen B. Gilchrist, of Pinetown, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban. An optical mechanic. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial
