Service Details
Name:
 SHORT
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 A/178
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
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Unit:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-05-28
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, on northern border, while on picquet duty, During the attack on the German garrison at Namema in late May 1916, Capt. Ingles with 2 sections of B Company BSAP and C Company NRP were to the east of the fort. Was part of an 8 man picket on a small kopje called "One Tree Hill". Moving forward under cover of darkness at about 0400 on 28 May they ran into elements of the German force in a counter attack. Corporal Hoal, plus Privates, Kemp, Short and Steele were killed in the same action.
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederick William and Mary Short, of Chrome Mine, Selukwe, Rhodesia. Born Devonshire, England. A former pupil of King's College Taunton.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zambia
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Cemetery:
 NDOLA (KANSENSHI) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. A. 1.

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