Service Details
Name:
 COOK
Given Name:
 GEORGE THORNHILL
Initials:
 G T
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-11
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Age:
 41
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by a shell while leading a party of German stretcher bearers, at Bernafay Wood, Somme
Additional
Information:
Son of John Thornhill and Susannah Sarah Cook, of 36, St. Mark's Rd., East London, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Port Elizabeth. A Wesleyan Chaplain
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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