In Memory Of

ROWE, PATRICK WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1916-07-27
Service No:
144829
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-07-06
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave XIX. F. 12-13.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Zoe Alys and the late John Lofflin Rowe, of Grey Avenue, Brakpan, Transvaal. Born in Brakpan. A miner. Commemoration stone in Brakpan Cemetery. Commemoration stone in Kwazulu-Natal, Pinetown, Anglican Church, St. John, Cemetery. His brother also died on service.