In Memory Of
GUEST, IVOR ARTHUR MELVILLE
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Cape Corps
Former Regiment:
formerly Witwatersrand Rifles in the South West African campaign
Date of Death:
1917-11-06
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Mkungu (Lindi Area), while checking the advance of a vastly superior enemy force. His gun crew had become casualties and he was handling the gun himself when he was killed.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
6. F. 10.
Cemetery:
DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Tanzania
Additional Information
Son of H. N. and L. C. Guest; husband of Bertha Anne Guest, of Waterbury Rd., Plumstead, Cape Province, South Africa. Born at Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa. His nephews both died in service in WW2
