In Memory Of

BEATTIE, JAMES

Service Details
Age:
 37
Date of Birth:
 1904-03-11
Service No:
 1891
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 1st Bn.
Regiment:
 Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-12-18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Ras el Manastir, near Bardia
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 13. G. 1.
Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Robert Hutcheon and Mary Helen (nee Boyle) Beattie. Brother of Mrs. J. Whittingham, of Churchill Road, Berea, Durban. Born Dundee, Scotland. A clerk. Commemorated on Durban Cenotaph & on the RDLI & Durban WWII Memorials. ***His burial return shows Date of Death as 17 December 1941.