Service Details
Name:
 PAYNE
Given Name:
 JAMES NELSON
Initials:
 J N
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 8th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-07-20
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches (twice)
Citations:
 LG Sup 6 August 1918 pg 9222 - "Brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War by Lieutenant-General. Sir J. L. van Deventer, K.C.B., Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces East Africa, for distinguished services during the operations from 30th May to December, 1917, described in his despatch of 21st January, 1918"
Additional
Information:
Son of James and M. Payne, of 16, Langtongate, Duns, Scotland. (Formerly buried in Kilwa Kivinje Cemetery).
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. B. 13.

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