ALFRED, M Rank: Private Service No: EC/1720 Date of Death: 31/03/1942 Age: 19 Regiment/Service: African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.) 1980 (Bechuana) Coy. Grave Reference 6. E. 3. Cemetery BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY CWGC - Cemetery Details
(African Pioneer Corps = another organisation I wasn't aware of) company recruited in late 1941: Tribal reserve where recruited - Bakwena CSM: John, K. arrived Syria Feb.1942 via Egypt First sent to British 9th Army Syria (64 Group); labour at Royal Engineers camps; mid-1942 guard duties; later 1943 British 8th Army Egypt