In Memory Of
SMIT, GRAHAM NICHOLAS
Service Details
Age:
36
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
8365
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
3rd Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-09-20
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.
Cemetery:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
Son of Mr. Henry and Harriet Amelia Smit, of Kya Llama, Seymour, Cape Province. Native of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. A talented musician, composer of "In Sweet July," "From Lotus Land," and a violin piece "A Farewell.".
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