In Memory Of
SHEARSMITH, CECIL
Service Details
Age:
17
Date of Birth:
1899-04-20
Service No:
13971
Rank:
Private
Unit:
5th Regt.
Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-03-04
Cause of Death:
Died of malaria, whilst a POW
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
2. D. 3.
Cemetery:
DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Tanzania
Additional Information
Son of William Henry and Fredericka M. Shearsmith, of 65, Fifth Avenue, Geduld, Township, Springs, Transvaal. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Springs Cemetery, Gauteng
