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Captain ROBERT GRAHAM BEST

Service Number: 31200
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Artillery

7 Field Bty.

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

14. G. 3.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Richard J. and Margaret Best.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED SO THAT ONE OF HIS COMRADES MIGHT LIVE. A YOUNG LIFE NOBLY GIVEN R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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