Service Details
Name:
 SYMES
Given Name:
 JAMES ROBERT
Initials:
 J R
Service No:
 7218
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-09-20
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Date of Birth:
 1885-09-29
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Sarah Ann Symes, of Pietermaritzburg. His brother also died on service
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:
 Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.

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