Identity
Person No.
12974
Service No.
1501
Last Name
First Name
Ernest Edward
Initials
E E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
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
1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 12
Notes
Son of Mrs. Ellen Larsen, of 22, Diesel St., Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. Born 1897. A printer. Attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 23 August 1915 and witnessed initial service in Egypt from 29 December 1915. Sent to Mustapha suffering from scabies, he was transferred to France on 15 April 1916. ***CWGC has LARSON on memorial
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 12". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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