In Memory Of
CROOKES, FRANK LESLIE
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1918-07-09
Service No:
73000
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-10-13
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received near El Alamein, wounded by machine gun fire, bullet wound in the abdomen, on the 8th October, but failed to recover
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XXIII. H. 19.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Frank Leonard and Mary Crookes, of Selby Street, Scottburgh, Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Ladysmith, Natal. A miner by profession *** Headstone initials incorrect***
