Hi, Those `Yanks` appear to be Russian ! He`s chewing his tail with his prop! Andy are those British graves? Two of them have five digit Army Numbers? Adair? Komler ? (Kohler) and Baum? Batham? South African? Possibly KOHLER, GEORGE E. Rank:PrivateService No:243294Date of Death:31/12/1941Age:21Regiment/Service:Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces 1st Bn. 1st Grave Reference:12. F. 4.Cemetery:HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERYAdditional Information:Son of Charles B. C. and Margaret S. E. Kohler, of Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. BAUM, HAROLD Rank:PrivateService No:31347Date of Death:31/12/1941Age:26Regiment/Service:Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces 1st Grave Reference:12. F. 6.Cemetery:HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERYAdditional Information:Son of Alfred and Bessie Baum, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. ADAIR, T M Rank:PrivateService No:31560Date of Death:31/12/1941Age:24Regiment/Service:Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces 1st Grave Reference:12. F. 7.Cemetery:HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERYAdditional Information:Son of Albert and Violet V. Adair. BATHAM, PERCIVAL L. Rank:PrivateService No:31564Date of Death:31/12/1941Age:19Regiment/Service:Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces 1st Grave Reference:12. F. 5.Cemetery:HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERYAdditional Information:Son of Lawrence W. C. and May J. Batham, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa Kyle Edit ;-There`s Grave photos available at the South Africa War Graves Project
The one on the far left is: HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY DU PLESSIS V F VIVIEN F Private 127755 Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces 1st 30-Dec-1941 0 12. F. 8. Killed in action No additional information known at this time
All of these men died during the assault on Bardia, which ended with the surrender of the German-Italian garrison, which interestingly included the milestone of this being the first time in World War 2 that a German general surrendered his command. A great example that was to be followed by many more, but not until after a lot more lives had been lost. All the best Andreas
