Service Details
Name:
 CRESSEY
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JAMES
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 9099
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-12-10
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Date of Birth:
 1886-06-16
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, either on patrol or on wiring party
Additional
Information:
Son of Richard William and Wilhelmina Johanna Henrietta (nee Baumgarten) Cressey. Husband of Edith Agnes von Brandis (formerly Cressey), of Pretoria. Born Cape Town. A traveller.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
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Grave Reference:
 II. A. 15.

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