In Memory Of

SMITH, PERCY HAROLD

Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
1913-07-07
Service No:
89857
Rank:
Lance Bombardier
Unit:
2 Field Regt.
Regiment:
South African Artillery
Date of Death:
1942-06-20
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Tobruk, left wagon lines and tried to make the wounded more comfortable. While applying first aid he was killed by a machine gun bullet
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 114.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Percy W. R. and Alice M. Smith, of Umhlanga Rocks, Natal; husband of Esther Enodia Smith, of Bower Street, Brooklyn, Cape Town. Born in Fort Beaufort. A male nurse at the Town Hill Mental Hospital, Pietermaritzburg. His brother also died on service