In Memory Of

WASSERFALL, CLIFFORD WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1922-11-22
Service No:
 26436
Rank:
 Bandsman
Unit:
 1st
Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1942-06-16
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received on 7th June in a Composite Coy attack on positions to the front which began at 0400. However, heavy enemy fire and mounting casualties resulted in the Coy being withdrawn under a smoke screen supplied by the Artillery. The Regiment was holding positions at Gazala, at the time. Died in hospital 16th June
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 1. G. 25.
Cemetery:
 ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of William Jacob Wasserfall and Johanna Alida Coetzee (nee Viljoen) formerly Wasserfall, of 115, Fifth Avenue, Mayfair, Johannesburg. Born in Johannesburg. A clerk. He was unmarried.