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aircraft guns, was protecting the perimeter of a tank park in the vicinity of Taieb el Esem
where the SA Brigade, under the command of Brig. Dan Pienaar, had assembled for their
withdrawal to the Libya-Egypt frontier. At 09h26 on 2 November the Brigade came under
heavy Stuka attack and incurred 90 casualties of whom 17 were killed. It seems likely that
Frank Scrimgeour was among these.
He was buried in Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt, Plot XXIV, Row A, Grave 5. The
cemetery is on the main coast road from Mersa Matruh through to Libya, about 12 km
from the border, and adjacent to Halfaya Pass. The area was the scene of heavy fighting in
1941 and 1942.
He was unmarried and was survived by his parents and two younger brothers of 1 St.
James Mansions, Carisbrooke Steps, St. James.
Sources: RBHS Memorial News Letter 1941; Memorial Number of the Rondebosch Boys'
High School Newsletter to the Old Boys on Active Service; UCT Roll of Honour 1939-45;
Brown, J. A., 1991; SA Archives; Johan Louw; Agar-Hamilton, J. A. I. & L. C. F. Turner,
1957.
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