Service Details
Name:
 HOBSON
Given Name:
 WILLIAM CAREY
Initials:
 W C
Rank:
 Cadet
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Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
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Date of Death:
 1917-01-27
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Date of Birth:
 1891-09-11
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died of meningitis, in London
Citations:
 ***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance
Additional
Information:
Son of William Carey and Sophia Elizabeth Hobson, of Harefield, Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. At St Andrew's 1905-1910. Joined Midland Horse when war broke out and served in G.S.W.A. Went to England and was training in an O.T.C when he died. On memorial at St Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Death registered at Marylebone, Vol 1a, page 834
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Eastern Cape
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Cemetery:
 EBENEZER FARM CEMETERY, PEARSTON
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