Service Details
Name:
 CLOVER
Given Name:
 JOSEPH ALEXANDER
Initials:
 J A
Service No:
 144846
Rank:
 Private
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Other Casualties from this Regiment
Former Regiment:
 formerly Rand Light Infantry
Date of Death:
 1942-11-01
Other Casualties on this Date
Date of Birth:
 1916-08-29
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Shot while trying to escape from enemy prison camp in North Africa
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 6 April 1944 pg. 1601
Additional
Information:
Son of the Reverend Alan and Margaret H. Clover, of Church Stretton, Shropshire, England. B.A. (Cantab.), Mus. B., A.R.C.O. Scholar of Emmanuel College. Born in Cambridge, England. A schoolteacher at Hilton College, Natal. Commemoration stone in Newport (St. Mary) Cemetery Essex.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
Other Casualties commemorated in Libya
Cemetery:
 TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
Other Casualties commemorated in this Cemetery
Grave Reference:
 12. D. 19.

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