Service Details
Name:
WILSON
Given Name:
ROBERT
Initials:
R
Service No:
12817
Rank:
Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
South African Infantry
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Unit:
4th Regt.
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Date of Death:
1918-03-24
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Date of Death 2:
1918-04-25
Age:
19
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in Battle of Marrieres Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of John MacL. and Helen C. Wilson, of 3, Hampden Rd., Stamford Hill, Durban, Natal. ***Possibly died 25 April 1918 and buried 1km east of Ferme de l'Hospital close to the western edge of the Bois Marrieres north and south of the path from the Ferme de l'Hospital to Bouchavesnes
Commemoration
Country:
France
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Locality:
Somme
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Cemetery:
POZIERES MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
Panel 97.

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