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Pte Desmond John Gatefield Veteran

Birth: 23 Apr 1928
Cascade, Bellingen Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 22 Sep 1952 (aged 24)
South Korea
Burial: United Nations Memorial Cemetery

Busan, Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea Add to Map
Plot: Plot 28, Row 11, Column 7; Grave 1099
Memorial ID: 69979012 View Source

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KILLED in ACTION Gunshot Wound to the chest - KOREA (Remains recovered at map grid CT 142 143)

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2/10693 PRIVATE
D. J. GATEFIELD
3RD BATTALION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
22ND SEPTEMBER 1952 AGE 24

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Buried at 1000 hrs on 29th Sept 1952.

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