Service Details
Name:
 FITCHET
Given Name:
 BRIAN BYRNES
Initials:
 B B
Service No:
 P/5171
Rank:
 Bombardier
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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:
 1918-01-28
Age:
 23
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 David Alexander and Mildred Alice (Byrnes) Fitchet, of Cradock, Cape Province.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 112.

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