Service Details
Name:
 MEYER
Given Name:
 HENRY DEVENISH
Initials:
 H D
Service No:
 853
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-02-26
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Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Battle of Agagia, Egypt
Additional
Information:
Son of William Robert and Elyna Mary Meyer, of The Mance, Averdare, Scotland. Born Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. His brother Macdonald Seymour Devenish Meyer 4 May 1918 also died in service in WW1. His brother Wiliam Reginald Macdonald Devenish Meyer 26 August 1942 also died in service in WW2.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 C. 218.

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