In Memory Of
WHEELER, JAMES NAPOLEON
Service Details
Age:
36
Date of Birth:
1906-06-10
Service No:
1028
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
Chaplain to the Forces.
Unit 2:
attd. 1st Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Regiment:
South African Chaplain's Department
Date of Death:
1942-11-02
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by enemy artillery fire during the attempt to break through after the initial attack, in the vicinity of El Alamein, Egypt
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XI. H. 20.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Percy and Ann A. Wheeler; husband of Patricia Wheeler, of "Westfield", Dewdrop, Ladysmith District, Natal. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial
