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Sapper JOSEPH J. ASTLE

Service Number: 216900
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Engineer Corps

Date of Death

Died 06 December 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

2. E. 4.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas G. Astle and Gertruida H. Astle, of Harrismith, Orange Free State.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 947
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