Service Details
Name:
ASKEW
Given Name:
JOSEPH JOHN
Initials:
J J
Service No:
190859
Rank:
Sapper
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Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
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Unit:
2 Field Coy.
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Date of Death:
1942-06-30
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Age:
24
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by a landmine during a mine clearing exercise
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Ellen J. Askew, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Port Elizabeth (South End) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
Egypt
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Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
IV. H. 13.

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