In Memory Of
FITCHET, BRIAN BYRNES
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1918-01-28
Service No:
P/5171
Rank:
Bombardier
Unit:
7 Field Regt.
Regiment:
South African Artillery
Date of Death:
1941-11-30
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when the gun tractor he was travelling in, was hit by enemy shellfire in the vicinity of Bir Sciufsciuf (450402). Three men died in this incident
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 112.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of David Alexander and Mildred Alice (Byrnes) Fitchet, of Cradock, Cape Province.
