Service Details
Name:
 LEKUBA
Given Name:
 SAMUEL
Initials:
 S
Service No:
 4053
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Native Labour Corps
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-01-19
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Age:
 40
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shellfire. The 2nd Battalion arrived on the Benguela at Le Havre on the 10th December 1916 after a bad voyage. The 4th Companies was detached to the Somme sector and was employed on road-making.
Additional
Information:
Son of Motjeri Kgobe, Mashashane's Location, Pietersburg, Transvaal; husband of Sesetelsane.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 K. 2.

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