Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER POLL
Given Name:
 WILLIAM
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 2962
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-10
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Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Montauban-en-Picardie
Additional
Information:
Son of Hendrik Andries and Susan Letitia van der Poll, of Main Rd., Lakeside, Muizenburg, Cape Province. Born Wynberg, Cape Province. A salesman. ***Buried in shell hole by Trolley Track, 300 yards south of Montauben near Maricourt-Montauban Road, 6 miles east of Albert
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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