In Memory Of
LEANE, WILLIAM JOHN
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
5863
Rank:
Corporal
Regiment:
Military Labour Corps
Former Regiment:
formerly NL/175
Date of Death:
1918-09-15
Cause of Death:
Died of pericarditis, heart failure, silicosis of lungs and enlarged spleen, suddenly, at Johannesburg, likely due to complications from malaria
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
E.C. 2740.
Cemetery:
JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Citations:
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Husband of Christina Johannes Elizabeth Leane, of 127 Transvaal Road, Kimberley. An underground gold miner.
