In Memory Of
HEALY, WILLIAM
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
1106
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
1st Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-04-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 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. 7.
Cemetery:
ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Decorations:
D C M
Citations:
LG Sup 22 Sept 1916 - "For conspicuous gallantry in action. He stuck to his gun after all the rest of the team had become casualties, and, when it jammed, repaired the damage under heavy fire and carried on single-handed during the whole night."
Son of Edward Healy, of 25 Kloof Street, Cape Town
