Denis Alfred Platt

Born: Abt 1915, Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Marriage (1): Pamela Helen Leary on 7 Sep 1939 in St. Thomas' Church, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Died: 24 Oct 1942, El Alamein, , Egypt aged about 27
Buried: 1942, El Alamein, , Egypt

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Pamela Helen Leary

Denela Peta Platt

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1518&iid=30807_A000836-00301&fn=Doreen&ln=Platt&st=r&ssrc=&pid=28265157
In 1927 he was 12.

And

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/8566800/person/5060368677

bullet Death Notes:

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE/2012-03/1331197754
He died of wounds sustained at El Alamein

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 35680/1942
PART 1
DESCRIPTION PLATT, DENNIS ALFRED. (S/S PLATT, PAMELA HELEN) (BORN LEARY).
STARTING 1942
ENDING 1951

And

http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=591822
PLATT D.A. -1942
Lt. D.A. PLATT: Natal Mounted Rifles. Killed - attack of second battle of Alamein - 23-24 Oct. "In the face of heavy machinegun fire the South Africans stormed the strongpoint and after 15 minutes of desperate close quarter fighting they overcame the enemy resistance. The Natal Company [attached to the SA Field Force Battalion], like the FFB before it, suffered heavily - Lt. Dennis PLATT was killed and Capt. V. PAUL and Lts LYSTER and "Bunny" EVANS were among the wounded." Pg 421 from ORPEN, N. War in the Desert: South African Forces World War II, Volume III, Purnell, Cape Town, 1971

And

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/22/a8129522.shtmll
Died of head wound.

bullet Burial Notes:

There is a memorial to him in Durban,
http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=591822

He is buried in El Alamein War Cemetery
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx?cpage=1
Grave XI. A. 29.

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C24584

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Woman%20of%20%20South%20Africa%201935/page_00598.pdf

• Obituary. PLATT D.A. -1942
Lt. D.A. PLATT: Natal Mounted Rifles. Killed - attack of second battle of Alamein - 23-24 Oct. "In the face of heavy machinegun fire the South Africans stormed the strongpoint and after 15 minutes of desperate close quarter fighting they overcame the enemy resistance. The Natal Company [attached to the SA Field Force Battalion], like the FFB before it, suffered heavily - Lt. Dennis PLATT was killed and Capt. V. PAUL and Lts LYSTER and "Bunny" EVANS were among the wounded." Pg 421 from ORPEN, N. War in the Desert: South African Forces World War II, Volume III, Purnell, Cape Town, 1971

http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=591822

• Military Service. Lieutenant in the Natal Mounted Rifles.
http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=591822

• Occupation. Sugar Manufacturer.
Copy of marriage cert in RAB's possesion.

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11694-218271-50?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PTL:699649067

• General Comment. Copy of his ex father in law, Samuel Walter Sydney Leary's, death notice dated 4 Aug 1953 in RAB's possesion.

Denis married Pamela Helen Leary, daughter of Dr. Samuel Walter Sidney Leary and Alicia Eulalie Wallace, on 7 Sep 1939 in St. Thomas' Church, Durban, Natal, South Africa. (Pamela Helen Leary was born on 19 Jul 1920 in , Orange Free State, South Africa and died in Feb 1997 in Kensington, London, England.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. Per email from Denela Platt dd 22 Oct 2012.

And

Copy of marriage cert in RAB's possesion.

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KDZM-BQJ

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11694-218271-50?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PTL:699649067
Witnesses:-
Joan Platt
W.G. Crockett

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There will inevitably be errors and omissions and the whole purpose of creating this online record, is to invite feedback and corrections.
The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years