Identity
Person No.
10578
Service No.
867
Last Name
First Name
John Charles
Initials
J C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, 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
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Charles Hurlin, of Main Rd., Wynberg, Cape Province. Remembered on Wynberg Boys' High School War Memorial gates
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Sergeant John Charles HURLIN, 1st SAI, B Coy - Wounded 16th July; Killed near Arras 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Sergeant John Charles HURLIN, 1st SAI, B Coy - Wounded 16th July; Killed near Arras 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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