In Memory Of

ARTZ, MARTIN

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 2836
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 1st Regt.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-04-05
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, at No. 42 Casualty Clearing Station
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. K. 17.
Cemetery:
 AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Bridget Artz, of Queen's Street, Oudtshoorn, Cape. Born Middelburg, South Africa, 1897. A stonecutter. Attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 18 August 1915. Initially posted to Alexandria in March 1916, he was transferred to Marseilles per Oriana the following month.