Service Details
Name:
 LEANE
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JOHN
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 5863
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Military Labour Corps
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Former Regiment:
 formerly NL/175
Date of Death:
 1918-09-15
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Cause of Death:
 Died of pericarditis, heart failure, silicosis of lungs and enlarged spleen, suddenly, at Johannesburg, likely due to complications from malaria
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Additional
Information:
Husband of Christina Johannes Elizabeth Leane, of 127 Transvaal Road, Kimberley. An underground gold miner.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 E.C. 2740.

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