Service Details
Name:
 PERREM
Given Name:
 CHARLES HENRY
Initials:
 C H
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-10-19
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 4 October 1919 - "During the operations east of Beaurevoir, from the 8th to 19th October, 1918, he displayed great energy and gallantry in maintaining communications. On all occasions, when the lines were cut and communication interrupted, he personally supervised the repairs under heavy shell and machine gun fire until severely wounded while at his duty."
Additional
Information:
Son of George and Caroline Perrem, of 122, Hopkins St., Johannesburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 II. B. 10.

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