Egypt

List updated October 23, 2011

Country Total = 2943

1279 names on 3 memorials; 1636 named graves and 13 graves of the unknown in 18 cemeteries

Completed = 2933 (or 99.66%)

Non SA & Rhodesia Units shown below

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

Alamein is a village, bypassed by the main coast road, approximately 130 kilometres west of Alexandria on the road to Mersa Matruh. The first Commission road direction sign is located just beyond the Alamein police checkpoint and all visitors should turn off from the main road onto the parallel old coast road. The cemetery lies off the road, slightly beyond a ridge, and is indicated by road direction signs approximately 25 metres before the low metal gates and stone wing walls which are situated centrally at the road edge at the head of the access path into the cemetery. The Cross of Sacrifice feature may be seen from the road.

SAs in Other Units

ORR, Bombardier, RALPH THOMAS, 24699. 6 Field Regt. New Zealand Artillery. 25th October 1942. Age 30. Son of Thomas Henry Orr and of Mildred Julia Orr (Nee Lewns), of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. II. A. 26

Rhodesia Other Units

Name: LUCAS, IVAN THEODORE
Initials: I T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 223 Sqdn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 27/06/1942
Service No: 778909
Additional information: Son of L. T. R. and Muriel Lucas, of Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Joint grave XXXI. A. 3.

Name: PAULICH, JOHN DENNIS
Initials: J D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 223 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 20/06/1942
Service No: 778882
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: XXXI. F. 18.

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

Kantara War Memorial Cemetery is situated at Kantara East on the eastern side of the Suez Canal, 160 kilometres north-east of Cairo and 50 kilometres south of Port Said. Access to Kantara East is via vehicular or small passenger ferry from Kantara West. Kantara East is 30 kilometres north of Ismailia on the main Ismailia-Port Said road. The cemetery is 3 kilometres by road from the ferry, on the northern outskirts of the village.

BRONKHORST, Private, JOHANNES C. J., 2291. 1st Bn. Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces. 5th October 1941. C. 164A

PORT TEWFIK AREA CEMETERY

PORT TEWFIK AREA CEMETERY SLEMENT W WILLIAM Greaser Merchant Navy S.S. Arundel Castle 24-Jan-44 65 Died from a Cerebral Embolism, at Port Tewfik Of 58 Salisbury Rd, Southampton. Born East London, South Africa ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

SUEZ AFRICAN AND INDIAN ARMY WAR CEMETERY

The cemetery is situated on the western outskirts of the town, about 3 kilometres from the town centre towards the main Cairo to Suez road. The cemetery is in a semi-derelict area of town, next to a drainage canal, 300 metres from the Suez War Cemetery.

MATAMELA, Private, J, N/6223. Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces attd. Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces. 25th August 1941. 2. F. 10

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