In Memory Of
HATHORN, DAVID ALISTER ROY
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1915-10-03
Service No:
4330
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. 25.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Mr. Justice Alexander Anthony Roy Hathorn and Vere Gwynedd Hathorn (nee Scott), of "Dunsfold". Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Born in Pietermaritzburg, Secretary for the Trades President.
