In Memory Of
WILLIAMS, JOHN
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
7483
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st Regt.
Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-04-12
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. A. 7.
Cemetery:
BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of George and Sarah Powlesland, of 54, de Villiers Street, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A ganger on South African Railways. ***TRUE FAMILY NAME Powlesland
