Service Details
Name:
 MATCHES
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 15266
Rank:
 Labourer
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Regiment:
 Military Labour Corps
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Unit:
 Railway Section
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Date of Death:
 1917-01-01
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Date of Death 2:
 1917-01-31
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died of malaria and exhaustion, at Mafeking, after discharge
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Additional
Information:
Attested at Lichtenburg on 28 September 1916
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 MAFEKING (LOCATION) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 SOUTH AFRICAN BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

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