Service Details
Name:
 FILER
Given Name:
 DIGBY ALFRED WELLINGTON
Initials:
 D A W
Service No:
 6
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 7th Infantry (Kimberley Regiment), S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1915-04-26
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, resulting from an attack by a German force on South African railway protection troops on 26 April 1915
Decorations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Frances Sarah Wingfield Filer. Husband of Annie Maria Filer, of 122 Bultfontein Road, Kimberley. Born Weston Super Mare, Somerset. His son also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Cemetery:
 TREKKOPJE CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 7.

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