Service Details
Name:
GUNN
Given Name:
IVAN
Initials:
I
Service No:
19725
Rank:
Lieutenant
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Regiment:
Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
1942-10-27
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Date of Birth:
1916-01-22
Age:
20
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in minefield, in the vicinity of El Alamein during the opening stages of the advance and attack. He was the Platoon Commander of No. 7 Platoon, "B" Coy.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. Mona Gunn, of 18 Sutton Court Road, Sutton, Surrey, England. Born London. A bank clerk in Cape Town. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
Egypt
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Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
III. C. 13.

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