In Memory Of

DOVEY, CLIFFORD

Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1920-07-29
Service No:
6089
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Unit 2:
"C" Coy.
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-07-20
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received on 17 July, as part of "C" Coy together with Cape Town Highlanders "B" Coy, in an attack on well defended enemy positions near El Alamein
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
3. C. 2.
Cemetery:
ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Walter Edward and K. Dovey, of Waverley Road, Hillary, Durban. Member of Warnadoone Lifesavers' Club. Born in Matatiele, Natal. An electrician by profession