In Memory Of

ATHINDWA, LEVI

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 10
Rank:
 Private
Regiment:
 Northern Rhodesia Police
Date of Death:
 1916-05-30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. He was the only one of 300 troops of 2RR killed during an assault on the so-called German Bridge over the Pangani River, north west of Buiko.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 EAST AFRICA BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Unknown
Country:
 Kenya
Additional Information
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Levi was definitely attached to 2RR, but no record has been found which gives the Battalion as the one that he was actually a member of. Capell's very accurate nominal roll only lists white soldiers, which may also suggest that the Battalion did not have any non-white members. ref. The 2nd Rhodesia Regiment in East Africa. Name also recorded as Athindua. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.