In Memory Of

UNKNOWN SOLDIER, UNKNOWN SOLDIER

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Rank Unknown
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-07
Date of Death 2:
 1918-10-29
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XXIX. G. 6.
Cemetery:
 SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Found at Map Reference 57c.s.18.b.85.25 or GPS 50.0254, 2.8192. This is the South Eastern edge of Delville Wood. One can assume he died during the fighting of July 1916. He was found in the same grave as J J J Steyn of the 3rd SAI. Also found in grave was a Lewis Gun tool bag marked No:4 gun No:3 Section & rifle number plate 3.S.A.I.340. His means of identification were: G.S. Uniform, boots. His body had been badly smashed with upper part missing