In Memory Of

BEAL-PRESTON, TREVOR LESLIE

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 1915-06-11
Service No:
 11274
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 1st
Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1942-06-09
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when an enemy shell landed on the 14 Platoon kitchen dugout in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 5. E. 19.
Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
 Libya
Additional Information
Son of John Beal and Janet Ferguson Preston, of "Exwell Park" district, Cathcart, Cape Province. Born in East London. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. At College 1931-1932, mined at Brakpan before farming at Komgha. On Cathcart War Memorial.