In Memory Of
JUST, REX HOWARD
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1917-06-11
Service No:
21968
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
5 S.A. Sig. Coy.
Unit 2:
attd. Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Regiment:
South African Corps of Signals
Date of Death:
1942-07-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at El Alamein. He was from the Signal Platoon attached to ILH/KR and was in the Battle HQ pillbox when a bomb dropped by an enemy plane exploded nearby
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. C. 17.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Howard Hope and Nita Gladys (nee Rex) Just, of "Lufra", Zuider Paarl, Cape Province. Husband of Elsje Emerentia Just, of 56 Retief Street, Potchefstroom, Transvaal. Born in Paarl Cape Province. A clerk for Shell South Africa.
