Service Details
Name:
 UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Given Name:
 UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Rank:
 Rank Unknown
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-07
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Date of Death 2:
 1918-10-29
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Additional
Information:
Found at Map Reference 57c.s.18.b.85.25 or GPS 50.0254, 2.8192. This is the South Eastern edge of Delville Wood. One can assume he died during the fighting of July 1916. He was found in the same grave as J J J Steyn of the 3rd SAI. Also found in grave was a Lewis Gun tool bag marked No:4 gun No:3 Section & rifle number plate 3.S.A.I.340. His means of identification were: G.S. Uniform, boots. His body had been badly smashed with upper part missing
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
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Grave Reference:
 XXIX. G. 6.

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