In Memory Of
FOURIE, ADAM JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
1911-07-28
Service No:
306
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-07-27
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in an operation in the vicinity of El Alamein. The Regiment had been tasked to lift an enemy minefield to create a gap for 69 Bde and an Armoured Bde to pass through. Casualties were inflicted by severe MG fire and artillery bombardment
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. H. 24.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Louis L. and Ida H. Fourie; husband of Sylvia M. Fourie, of Prince Alfred Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Born in Boshoff, Orange Free State. A clerk for the South African Railways & Harbours. He had one child.
