In Memory Of
CURTIS, EDWARD JOHN
Service Details
Age:
37
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
9739
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-04-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, received 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:
A. 1.
Cemetery:
ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of John and Elizabeth Curtis, of 6, York St., Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Grahamstown. A Charge Attendant at mental hospital. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Grahamstown Old Catholic Cemetery.
