Service Details
Name:
 UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Given Name:
 UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-15
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Found at Map Reference 57c.s.18.c or GPS 50.0222, 2.8107. This is South of Delville Wood. One can assume he died during the fighting of July 1916. He was buried with McLeroth and Newton in same grave. Originally identified as Pte. J. Perkins, but later marked as unknown as another Pte. J. Perkins found in another grave.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
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Grave Reference:
 VIII. I. 10.

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