In Memory Of

ALEXANDER, COLIN VIVIAN

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 1916-11-07
Service No:
 190810
Rank:
 Sapper
Unit:
 4 Field Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
Date of Death:
 1944-04-14
Date of Death 2:
 1946-06-12
Cause of Death:
 Missing, Death Presumed. Possibly died in Orvieto tragedy. A POW in Camp 82 (Latorina) and had escaped when the Italian Forces had abandoned the POW camp in 1943. It was reported by witnesses that he had fallen in love with an Italian girl from the Appolini family in Porto San Giorgio. Inquiries by the War Record Office in 1949 suggested that he had been repatriated by the British Forces.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Addenda Panel
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Son of William and Alice Maude Alexander, of 64A Warren Street, Kimberley. Previous service Royal Navy 6 years. As a POW he is unaccounted for, after the war. Declared dead by Supreme Court before 13 June 1946. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945