In Memory Of

LARSEN, ERNEST EDWARD

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 1501
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 1st Regt.
Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. Ellen Larsen, of 22, Diesel St., Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. Born 1897. A printer. Attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 23 August 1915 and witnessed initial service in Egypt from 29 December 1915. Sent to Mustapha suffering from scabies, he was transferred to France on 15 April 1916. ***CWGC has LARSON on memorial