In Memory Of

STRACHAN, GEORGE DOUGLAS

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1918-11-24
Service No:
 91987
Rank:
 Private
Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1942-05-10
Cause of Death:
 Lost in H.M. Hospital Ship Ramb IV. Wounded in the left thigh during operations on 29 April 1942 near Bir Hacheim and was being returned to the Union.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 121.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Donald Douglas and Bertha Kathleen Roe (nee Scott) Strachan, of Umzimkulu, East Griqualand, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Umzimkulu, Natal. Educated Cordwalles Preparatory; Michaelhouse. A salesman for Randles Bros & Hudson. WIA (left thigh) during operations near Bir Hacheim 29 April 1942. Commemorated on the Cordwalles Preparatory; Michaelhouse; Randles Bros & Hudson, Musgrave Centre, Durban; the Natal Mounted Rifles & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials and also on his mother's grave in Clydesdale Cemetery, Umzimkulu