In Memory Of
DEWING, FREDERICK JAMES
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1916-05-18
Service No:
34826
Rank:
Signaller
Unit:
5th S.A. Bde. Sig. Coy.
Unit 2:
attd. Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Regiment:
South African Corps of Signals
Date of Death:
1942-06-01
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, while attached to ILH/KR, positioned at Gazala. He was wounded by enemy shelling in the vicinity of Bn HQ, at around midday
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
5. C. 6.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Mr. W. H. Dewing, c/o The Standard Bank, North End, Port Elizabeth. Born in Queenstown, Cape Province. A civil servant for the Dept of Justice in Bethlehem. He was unmarried.