Service Details
Name:
 ROWE
Given Name:
 PATRICK WILLIAM
Initials:
 P W
Service No:
 144829
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1942-07-06
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Date of Birth:
 1916-07-27
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim
Additional
Information:
Son of Zoe Alys and the late John Lofflin Rowe, of Grey Avenue, Brakpan, Transvaal. Born in Brakpan. A miner. Commemoration stone in Brakpan Cemetery. Commemoration stone in Kwazulu-Natal, Pinetown, Anglican Church, St. John, Cemetery. His brother also died on service.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave XIX. F. 12-13.

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