In Memory Of
CHEMANTE
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
17
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
1st Bn.
Regiment:
Rhodesia Native Regiment
Date of Death:
1916-10-20
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by a road side mine on the road from Duthumi to Tulo. Part of an escort party taking surrounded or deserted askaris from Duthumi to Tulo, when an enemy road-mine exploded, blowing him to pieces.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
EAST AFRICA BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
Country:
Kenya
Additional Information
Citations:
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
A Christian, he was given a full military funeral. 2nd Rhodesia Regiment in East Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918