Service Details
Name:
 WITHERS
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 8427
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 10th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1916-03-08
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, accidentally received when a sentry shot him at Lumi River, during attack on Transport Column
Additional
Information:
Son of Joseph and Sarah Withers; husband of Amelia Moore Goodman (formerly Withers, nee van Rensburg), of Small St., Steynsburg, South Africa. Born Willenhall. A tailor.
Commemoration
Country:
 Kenya
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Cemetery:
 TAVETA MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 X. A. 3.

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