Service Details
Name:
 FOURIE
Given Name:
 MARCUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 M J
Service No:
 84301
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Rand Light Infantry
Date of Death:
 1942-10-30
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Date of Birth:
 1920-02-04
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by a heavy mortar blitz in the early evening on the Regiment's positions near El Alamein
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. M. J. Fourie, of 17A, Bertrams Road, Troyville, Johannesburg. Born in Port Elizabeth. A Post Office messenger. His brother also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. F. 18.

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