In Memory Of

BECKERMANN, BENJAMIN FERDINAND

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 14441
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 8th Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-09-05
Cause of Death:
 Died of enteric fever
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 6. E. 16.
Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Tanzania
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 6 August 1918 - "Brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War by Lieutenant-General. Sir J. L. van Deventer, K.C.B., Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces East Africa, for distinguished services during the operations from 30th May to December, 1917, described in his despatch of 21st January, 1918"
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb William Beckermann, of Bell Rock, Umtata, Cape Province, South Africa.