Identity
Person No.
28231
Service No.
136642
Last Name
First Name
Bartlett Wallace
Initials
B W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
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
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
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.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project