In Memory Of
SMITH, JOHN HANCORN
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
1887-01-16
Service No:
4712
Rank:
Private
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
"D" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-07-11
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when the portion of the 2nd S.A.I. in Bernafay Wood was relieved by two companies of the 4th S.A.I. and returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. G. 10.
Cemetery:
PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of William John and Charlot Jane Smith. A clerk. Commemoration stone in Queenstown Cemetery, Eastern Cape
