Service Details
Name:
 UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Given Name:
 UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Rank:
 Rank Unknown
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-07
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Date of Death 2:
 1918-10-17
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Additional
Information:
Found at Map Reference 57c.S.30.a.30.35. (or 50.0092, 2.8099). Found Southern part of Trones Wood, so one can likely assume he died during the fighting of July 1916. His means of identification were: General Service Uniform, boots, fragment of kilt, 4 titles in pocket. ***CWGC has to amend headstone to show correct Regiment
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 I. B. 18

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