Service Details
Name:
MASON
Given Name:
WILLIAM
Initials:
W
Service No:
353
Rank:
Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
1st
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Date of Death:
1942-07-27
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Date of Birth:
1900-09-12
Age:
41
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
Additional
Information:
Husband of Esther Mason, of Park Drive, Port Elizabeth. Born in Johannesburg. A clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
Egypt
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Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
XXIV. G. 7.

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