Service Details
Name:
 THURSFIELD
Given Name:
 JOHN GEORGE HOWARD
Initials:
 J G H
Service No:
 1137
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Heavy Artillery
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Unit:
 75th (Natal) Siege Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1918-09-13
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Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Died of accidental injuries, slipped on dugout steps, shot himself in forearm
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas Greville Thursfield, M.D., J.P. and Anne Catherine Thursfield, of White Hall, Broseley, Shropshire, England. Assistant Resident Magistrate at Boshof, Orange Free State. 16 years in the Civil Service.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ST. POL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. POL-SUR-TERNOISE
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Grave Reference:
 III. B. 3.

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