In Memory Of
OVERTON, GARNET EWART
Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
91
Rank:
Private
Unit:
3rd Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-19
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. In the night of the 12-13th October, the 3rd S.A.I. relieved the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. which had suffered heavily during the attack on Snag and Tail Trenches. A new trench (Pearse's Trench) was dug and a patrol was sent on reconnaissance on The Pimple in the hands of the Germans. On the 14th October, the B Coy took The Pimple and a considerable part of the German communication trench. The B Coy was relieved by the A Coy in the night of the 15-16th October. The casualties of the 3rd S.A.I. amounted to 38 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. H. 8.
Cemetery:
DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Harry William and Martha Cornelia Overton, of 5, Mayor Avenue, Benoni, Transvaal. Was of the last South African group relieved on the 20th July 1916 in Delville Wood.
