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Lieutenant RICHARD C. DRINKWATER

Service Number: 224844V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

General Service Corps, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1945

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

4. D. 19.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Godfrey and Elinor Drinkwater; husband of Ethne A. Drinkwater, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription REMEMBERED BY ETHNE, ANTHONY AND PETER
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Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1830
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