Service Details
Name:
 SWEENEY
Given Name:
 WALTER PERCY
Initials:
 W P
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-09-20
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Additional
Information:
Son of Christopher John Sweeney, of East London. Attended Boys High School Malmesbury 1905. His father Christopher John Sweeney arrived in Umtata, from Kokstad, in Sept 1892 and became Resident Magistrate. Magistrate in Malmesbury for 10 years.
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Addenda Panel 57.

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