In Memory Of
GUITES, JACOB
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
282
Rank:
Bombardier
Unit:
125th Siege Bty.
Regiment:
South African Heavy Artillery
Date of Death:
1917-01-26
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. At Englebelmer since October 1916, the battery moved to a new position on the 20th January 1917, on the road Mailly Maillet-Auchonvillers.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. E. 1-3.
Cemetery:
MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Jacob and Katherine Guites, of Middelburg, Cape Province. Born Middelburg, Cape Province. An assistant storekeeper. On Cape Town "Company Gardens" Artillery Memorial