In Memory Of

AURET, CECIL NOEL

Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1915-12-22
Service No:
26160
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly 8 Field Bty., South African Artillery
Date of Death:
1942-06-05
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Point 204. This little-known clash occurred in the Alem Hamza area of the Gazala Line. The single company involved suffered heavy casualties in a clash with Italian troops, six were killed.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
5. E. 11.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Henry Hugo Auret and Martha Elizabeth Auret (nee Marais). Husband of Mrs. A. G. Auret, all of Jones Avenue, Brakpan, Transvaal. Born Shamva, Southern Rhodesia. Employed as a Reduction Worker. Educated Rand Collieries School; General Botha Cadet Draft 1930-1. Cecil Noel Auret joined the Hogarth Line in 1932. On Mossel Bay War Memorial, Western Cape.