Egypt, EL ALAMEIN, South African War Memorial
General information:-
Some details on individual soldiers for which the pics have been uploaded from ORPEN, N. War in the Desert: South African Forces World War II, Volume III, Purnell, Cape Town, 1971.
Additional information in this album provided by Jack Wright.
eGGSA captions by Heleen Nel.
The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the location of the cemetery
Cemetery ID: 2725
Google Earth Project Information:-
GPSID: 3281
GPS: 30 50.285, 28 56.834
12. Row of graves of Soldiers died in 1939-1945 War
You will notice one picture of four graves closely adjoining / adjacent to one another. From a description by David...
A - Surnames :: Vanne - A
B - Vanne :: Surnames - B
C - Surnames :: Vanne - C
D - Vanne :: Surnames - D
E - Surnames :: Vanne - E
F - Vanne :: Surnames - F
G - Surnames :: Vanne - G
H - Vanne :: Surnames - H
J - Vanne :: Surnames - J
K - Surnames :: Vanne - K
L - Vanne :: Surnames - L
M - Surnames :: Vanne - M
N - Vanne :: Surnames - N
O - Surnames :: Vanne - O
P - Vanne :: Surnames - P
R - Vanne :: Surnames - R
S - Surnames :: Vanne - S
T - Vanne :: Surnames - T
V - Vanne :: Surnames - V
W - Surnames :: Vanne - W
Z - Vanne :: Surnames - Z
1. Entrance to the El Alamein Cemetery
2. El Alamein Cemetery
3. Entrance El Alamein Cemetery
4. Overview of the El Alamein Cemetery
5. View of the graves at El Alamein Cemetery
6. View of the Graves
7. Monument for the South African Soldiers who died at El Alamein during the Second World War
8. View of nearby graves
9. View of a row of graves
? UNKNOWN Soldier
10. MEMORIAL PLAQUE
11. Monument for all South Africans in the Defence Forces 1939-1945
13. A picture of some of the actual trenches and defensive positions which still remain in the area