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:
 1918-07-19
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, on 19 July, the 9th (Scottish) Division (2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers and South African Composite Battalion) recovered the site of Meteren village after a fortnight's bombardment which completely destroyed the houses.
Additional
Information:
Found at Map Reference 27.x.15.c.7.7. (or 50.7410, 2.6849). Found west of the village of Meteren, so one can likely assume he died during the fighting of July 1918. His means of identification were: Disc.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Nord
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Cemetery:
 METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. G. 739.

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