In Memory Of

HARRIS, HENRY WILLOUGHBY

Service Details
Age:
 39
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 72687
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 2nd
Regiment:
 Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1942-10-23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by stray bullet while tackling a mine field
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XI. D. 25.
Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Military Cross
Citations:
 LG Sup 5 November 1942 pg. 4796 - "For determination, leadership and initiative, when on the night of 30/31 August 1942 South of Alamein, his Company attacked an enemy position and succeeded in capturing 57 prisoners. Under heavy small arms fire, he led his company to within 30 yards of the enemy position, where they were temporarily held up. Accompanied by six men he worked around the enemy's flank and got behind their position, thereby diverting the enemy's attention and enabling the rest of the company to advance and overrun the position."
Son of Henry and Agnes Mary Willoughby Harris; husband of Olive Mary Harris, of "Rockvale", Ixopo, Natal, South Africa. Born Donnybrook, Natal. A farmer.