In Memory Of
WITHERS, JOHN
Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
8427
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
10th Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-03-08
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, accidentally received when a sentry shot him at Lumi River, during attack on Transport Column
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
X. A. 3.
Cemetery:
TAVETA MILITARY CEMETERY
Country:
Kenya
Additional Information
Son of Joseph and Sarah Withers; husband of Amelia Moore Goodman (formerly Withers, nee van Rensburg), of Small St., Steynsburg, South Africa. Born Willenhall. A tailor.
