Service Details
Name:
 SHEARSMITH
Given Name:
 CECIL
Initials:
 C
Service No:
 13971
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 5th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-03-04
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Date of Birth:
 1899-04-20
Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Died of malaria, whilst a POW
Additional
Information:
Son of William Henry and Fredericka M. Shearsmith, of 65, Fifth Avenue, Geduld, Township, Springs, Transvaal. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Springs Cemetery, Gauteng
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. D. 3.

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