Service Details
Name:
 DAWS
Given Name:
 ROBERT DENNIS
Initials:
 R D
Service No:
 104219
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 7 Field Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1941-11-30
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Date of Birth:
 1912-02-25
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when the gun tractor he was travelling in, was hit by enemy shellfire in the vicinity of Bir Sciufsciuf (450402). Three men died in this incident
Additional
Information:
Son of Edward John and Kathleen Elizabeth Daws, of Park Street, Jeppe, Johannesburg. Born Ladysmith, Natal. A sheet metal worker. He was unmarried. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (West Park) Cemetery.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 115.

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