Service Details
Name:
 LARSEN
Given Name:
 ERNEST EDWARD
Initials:
 E E
Service No:
 1501
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-18
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. Ellen Larsen, of 22, Diesel St., Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. Born 1897. A printer. Attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 23 August 1915 and witnessed initial service in Egypt from 29 December 1915. Sent to Mustapha suffering from scabies, he was transferred to France on 15 April 1916. ***CWGC has LARSON on memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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