In Memory Of
CURTIS, EDWARD JOHN
Service Details
Age:
37
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
9739
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-04-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, received in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 1st SAI lost 2 officers and 203 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
A. 1.
Cemetery:
ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of John and Elizabeth Curtis, of 6, York St., Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Grahamstown Old Catholic Cemetery.
