Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 JOHN ALEXANDER CARSWELL
Initials:
 J A C
Service No:
 19455
Rank:
 Corporal
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-14
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Date of Birth:
 1918-11-25
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Accident, 11 perished in the accident. Whilst clearing mines and transporting them to 3 South African Field Coy. It appears that one of the land mines had not been defused correctly and exploded on the back of the truck detonating the other mines and killing the 9 on the back of the truck plus the driver and passenger in the cab
Additional
Information:
Son of David Carswell Smith, of 3 Census Street, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town. Born Johannesburg. A clerk. He was unmarried and had no children.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
Other Casualties commemorated in Egypt
Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave III. B. 22.

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