Service Details
Name:
 MAYS
Given Name:
 JOHN WILLIAM
Initials:
 J W
Service No:
 3119
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Bothas Scouts 21st Intelligence
Date of Death:
 1916-07-15
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Missing in action, at Delville Wood or Waterlot Farm
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Jane Louisa Mays, of 9, Park St., Kroonstad, Orange Free State. Born Cape Colony. A blacksmith
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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