In Memory Of
KERN, CHARLES PAUL
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
9197
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st Regt.
Unit 2:
"D" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. On the 18th October 1916, at 3.40 am, three companies of the 1st S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The B Coy failed to realize that they had reached Snag Trench and continued beyond it. They had lost touch with their flanks and only some men succeeded to come back. Only a block was established at 50 metres of The Pimple. The D Company launched an attack at 5.45 pm and Snag Trench was occupied but the machine-gun fire from the Butte de Warlencourt took a heavy toll, leaving a small group in the trench.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Heinrich (Herman) and Pauline Martha Barbara Kern, of 67, Frere St., West Bank, East London, Cape Province. Born Bolo, Eastern Cape. Commemoration stone in Cofimvaba Cemetery, Eastern Cape
