Identity
Person No.
1285
Service No.
3427
Last Name
First Name
Alexander Walter
Initials
A W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
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 4th SAI lost 6 officers and 200 men
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of William Alexander and Mary Ann Batchelor, of Lovers' Walk, Rondebosch, Cape Province. On Rondebosch War Memorial in St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Brown’s Copse Cemetery Roeux. Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Alexander Walter BATCHELOR, 4th SAI - Wounded; Killed 12th April 1917"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Alexander Walter BATCHELOR, 4th SAI - Wounded; Killed 12th April 1917
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Brown’s Copse Cemetery Roeux
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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