In Memory Of
WHITECROSS, BARTLETT WALLACE
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1921-06-25
Service No:
136642
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-07-27
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in an operation in the vicinity of El Alamein. The Regiment had been tasked to lift an enemy minefield to create a gap for 69 Bde and an Armoured Bde to pass through. Casualties were inflicted by severe MG fire and artillery bombardment
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. H. 27.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Bartlett Bonniman Whitecross, of Fort Beaufort and Mabel Iris van der Vyver (formerly Whitecross), of Garcia Street, Cambridge, East London. Born in Pretoria. A baker.
