Service Details
Name:
 MITCHELL
Given Name:
 FRED
Initials:
 F
Service No:
 1031
Rank:
 Sergeant Major
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Regiment:
 South African Mounted Brigade
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Unit:
 5th
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Unit 2:
 "A" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-07-01
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Age:
 43
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, clash at Otavifontein. This was the last skirmish of significance in the 1914/15 campaign in South West Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry and Rhoda Mitchell, of Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse, Yorkshire. Brother of Edwin Mitchell, of Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse, Yorkshire. Served in Boer War with Prince Albert Guards
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Cemetery:
 OTAVIFONTEIN CEMETERY
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