Service Details
Name:
BEAL-PRESTON
Given Name:
TREVOR LESLIE
Initials:
T L
Service No:
11274
Rank:
Private
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Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
1st
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Date of Death:
1942-06-09
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Date of Birth:
1915-06-11
Age:
26
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when an enemy shell landed on the 14 Platoon kitchen dugout in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala
Additional
Information:
Son of John Beal and Janet Ferguson Preston, of "Exwell Park" district, Cathcart, Cape Province. Born in East London. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. At College 1931-1932, mined at Brakpan before farming at Komgha. On Cathcart War Memorial.
Commemoration
Country:
Libya
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Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
5. E. 19.

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