In Memory Of
FRAY, CHARLES HENRY
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1918-05-07
Service No:
487
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, 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. 29.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Charles W. E. and Elizabeth R. Fray, of Boom Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. A clerk for the South Africa Railways & Harbours
