Service Details
Name:
 WILLIAMS
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 7483
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-12
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Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 1st SAI lost 2 officers and 203 men.
Additional
Information:
Son of George and Sarah Powlesland, of 54, de Villiers Street, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A ganger on South African Railways. ***TRUE FAMILY NAME Powlesland
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
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Grave Reference:
 II. A. 7.

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