Service Details
Name:
 SPEED
Given Name:
 ERNEST JOHN
Initials:
 E J
Service No:
 1344
Rank:
 Sapper
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Regiment:
 South African Signal Service
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Unit:
 South African Div. Signal Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-09-08
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Date of Birth:
 1885-08-30
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Died of blackwater fever, on H.S. Neuxalia
Additional
Information:
Brother of Fred Cecil Speed, of 9 Clarence Drive, Hyndland, Glasgow, Scotland. Born at Glasgow, Scotland August 30, 1885. Former South African Policeman. Originally buried at Kilwa-Kisiwani. (Served as John SPEARS).
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 4. F. 10.

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