Service Details
Name:
 BARRALET
Given Name:
 BOULDEN WILLIAM
Initials:
 B W
Service No:
 2425
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-10
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received 9th April
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur and Ada Barralet, of London, England. Born Barnes, Surrey, in 1897. A clerk. Attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 26 August 1915. Embarked per H.M.T. Borolos for Matruh 31 January 1916, he was transferred to Marseilles on 20 April 1916 and served with "D" Company during the Battle of the Somme. Wounded in action on 17 July 1916, his service record notes a gunshot wound to the right arm and transfer to England from Rouen per H.S. Salta. Barralet recovered from this injury and rejoined his unit on the Western Front on 25 March 1917, but was wounded in action for a second time just a couple of weeks later on 9 April 1917.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. D. 6.

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