Service Details
Name:
 HEALY
Given Name:
 WILLIAM
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 1106
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-12
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Age:
 23
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.
Decorations:
 D C M
Citations:
 LG Sup 22 September 1916 pg. 9309 - "For conspicuous gallantry in action. He stuck to his gun after all the rest of the team had become casualties, and, when it jammed, repaired the damage under heavy fire and carried on single-handed during the whole night."
Additional
Information:
Son of Edward and Madeline Healy, of 25 Kloof Street, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A cabinet maker.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 A. 7.

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