Service Details
Name:
 McMEEKING
Given Name:
 DOUGLAS ROBERT THOMAS
Initials:
 D R T
Service No:
 19202
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-28
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Date of Birth:
 1915-05-06
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in the vicinity of El Makh Khad during the opening stages of the advance and attack at El Alamein. He was wounded in the abdomen on the 24th October
Additional
Information:
Son of David and Sarah McMeeking, of 118 Strand Street, Woodstock, Cape Town. Born Woodstock. A flour miller. He was unmarried and had 3 brothers.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 V. H. 23.

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