Service Details
Name:
 BRAND
Given Name:
 GERHARDUS PETRUS KOTZE
Initials:
 G P K
Service No:
 7889774
Rank:
 Corporal
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
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Unit:
 2nd
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Date of Death:
 1941-06-15
Other Casualties on this Date
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during Operation Battleaxe
Decorations:
 M M
Citations:
 LG Sup 14 February 1941 pg. 883 - "At Hilequat, 19 November 1940. His cool headedness and good marksmanship as Second Lieutenant’s Duncan Gunner, when engaged by a force of enemy tanks numerically superior was largely responsible and greatly assisted in the destruction of these tanks."
Additional
Information:
Born South Africa. Ref. UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
Other Casualties commemorated in Egypt
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 21.

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