In Memory Of

MADSEN, SOPHUS ALEXIS

Service Details
Age:
 38
Date of Birth:
 1876-10-21
Service No:
 3014
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 "A" Sqdn.
Regiment:
 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)
Date of Death:
 1915-05-06
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, pelvis, received in the Battle at Gibeon, on 27th April
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 GIBEON STATION CEMETERY
Country:
 Namibia
Additional Information
Son of Ole and Sophia Madsen, of Durban. Husband of Daisy Maria Madsen, of 299, Cowley Rd., Durban. Born Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark. An overseer. Served as a Trooper (#230) with the NC in the ABW 1899-1902; present during the Siege of Ladysmith; served as a Sergeant with the NC in the Bhambatha Revolt 1906. Commemorated on St. Marys Anglican Church, Greyville WWI Memorial