Identity
Person No.
12913
Service No.
X/86
Last Name
First Name
John Bolas
Initials
J B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 11
Notes
Husband of Elizabeth G. Lane, of Wellcross Bungalow, Horsham, Sussex
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 11". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private John Bolas LANE, 2nd SAI - Killed in action in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 11th October 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private John Bolas LANE, 2nd SAI - Killed in action in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 11th October 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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