In Memory Of
BRAND, GERHARDUS PETRUS KOTZE
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
7889774
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
2nd
Regiment:
Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
Date of Death:
1941-06-15
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during Operation Battleaxe
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 21.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Decorations:
M M
Citations:
LG Sup 14 February 1941 pg. 883 - "At Hilequat, 19 November 1940. His cool headedness and good marksmanship as Second Lieutenant’s Duncan Gunner, when engaged by a force of enemy tanks numerically superior was largely responsible and greatly assisted in the destruction of these tanks."
Born South Africa. Ref. UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
