In Memory Of
SPEED, ERNEST JOHN
Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
1885-08-30
Service No:
1344
Rank:
Sapper
Unit:
South African Div. Signal Coy.
Regiment:
South African Signal Service
Date of Death:
1917-09-08
Cause of Death:
Died of blackwater fever, on H.S. Neuxalia
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
4. F. 10.
Cemetery:
DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Tanzania
Additional Information
Brother of Fred Cecil Speed, of 9 Clarence Drive, Hyndland, Glasgow, Scotland. Born at Glasgow, Scotland August 30, 1885. Former South African Policeman. Originally buried at Kilwa-Kisiwani. (Served as John SPEARS).
