Service Details
Name:
 BESTER
Given Name:
 JOHANNES PETRUS LODWYK
Initials:
 J P L
Service No:
 3024
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-15
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Missing in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of L. J. J. E. and Anna Christina Bester, of Besters Rust, Besters, Ladysmith, Natal. On Harrismith War Memorial, Free State
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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