In Memory Of
BARKER, CLIFFORD MARK
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1917-04-16
Service No:
72701
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-07-27
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. H. 26.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Herbert and Evia Barker, of Port Shepstone, Natal, South Africa. Born Pinetown. A clerk in the Post Shepstone area.
