Service Details
Name:
 OTTO
Given Name:
 HENRY VAUGHAN
Initials:
 H V
Service No:
 144838
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-13
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Date of Birth:
 1919-12-23
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during an armoured attack in the vicinity of Gazala. It was initially reported that he was missing, suspected POW but later discovered he was killed in action and buried at Height 120, 19 km West of Gazala
Additional
Information:
Son of Ryno V. D. R. and Margaret B. Otto, of "Clausthal", Umkomaas, Natal. Born in Pietermaritzburg. A miner at Sheba, Eastern Transvaal. On Barberton War Memorial. Educated at Hilton College, Natal.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 119.

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