Service Details
Name:
 HOSACK
Given Name:
 JAMES CHARLES
Initials:
 J C
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Cape Corps
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-20
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Massinga (near Kangata)
Additional
Information:
Brother of Mr. K. M. Hosack, of Benoni, Transvaal. Served with Special Service Battalion, Natal Carbineers, first as Trooper later as RQMS in GSWA; January to July 1915; enlisted in 1st Cape Corps 20 October 1915, rank RQMS; promoted 2nd Lieutenant 4th December 1915, reverted to RQMS at own request, 14th December 1915; again promoted 2nd Lieutenant 26th June 1916
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 3. F. 15.

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