Service Details
Name:
 WILDE
Given Name:
 ALFRED WILLIAM
Initials:
 A W
Service No:
 194
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 South African Horse
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Unit:
 4th
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Unit 2:
 "D" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-05-18
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Shot himself whilst temporarily insane
Additional
Information:
Son of Alfred and Margaret Hannah Wilde, of Main Reef Rd., Roodepoort, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Port Elizabeth. An engineer. Previously served in German South West Africa. Was a prominent footballer and the feather-weight boxing champion of South Africa
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 7. G. 3.

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