In Memory Of
HATHORN, DAVID ALISTER ROY
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1915-10-03
Service No:
4330
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-07-27
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in an operation in the vicinity of El Alamein. The Regiment had been tasked to lift an enemy minefield to create a gap for 69 Bde and an Armoured Bde to pass through. Casualties were inflicted by severe MG fire and artillery bombardment
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. H. 25.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Mr. Justice Alexander Anthony Roy Hathorn and Vere Gwynedd Hathorn (nee Scott), of "Dunsfold", Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Born Pietermaritzburg. Secretary for the Trades President. Commemoration stone in Pietermaritzburg (Mountainrise) Cemetery
