Capt J.M.J. JACOBS: Imperial Light Horse. Killed - attack of second battle of Alamein - 23-24 Oct. "..... the ILH advance continued behind a terrific barrage and the enemy wire was found already blown by shell-fire. Until the last 600 yds of their advance, the battalion met little opposition, but then after they had made their way through an anti-personnel minefield and Capt Jacobs' company was consolidating, he and a small detachment went forward to reconnoitre. While under enemy mortar and anti-tank fire, Capt. Jacobs was shot and killed by rifle fire from a German anti-tank position not 20 yds away from him." Pg 426.
From ORPEN N., War in the Desert: South African Forces World War II, Volume III, Purnell, Cape Town, 1971
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