Service Details
Name:
 INKSTER
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JAMES
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 5161
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-09
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Date of Birth:
 1888-08-27
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Additional
Information:
Son of James (merchant) and Jane Inkster, of 14, New Elgin Rd., Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. Born Rathven, Banffshire 27 August 1888; student in Medicine, 1909-11; after which he spent some years in South Africa. He served first in German West Africa and later in France, and died of wounds received in action in the Arras Battle, 9 April 1917.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Bay 10.

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