Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 WILLIAM
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 5
Rank:
 Serjeant
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Regiment:
 King's African Rifles
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Unit:
 3rd Bn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly C/55 SA Veteran Reserve
Date of Death:
 1919-01-25
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Age:
 46
Cause of Death:
 Died of bronchitis following attack of malaria
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Additional
Information:
Husband of Margaret Smith, of Johannesburg. Born England. A railway shunter
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. 5819.

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