In Memory Of
SANSBURY, JOHN EDWARD
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
6049
Rank:
Private
Unit:
3rd Regt.
Unit 2:
"D" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-08-01
Cause of Death:
Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of M. C. Van der Riet (formerly Sansbury), of Melville, Coega, Cape Province, and of James Van der Riet (stepfather). On Maritzburg College cenotaph.
