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Identity
Person No.
18
Service No.
3808
Last Name
First Name
David Stuart
Initials
D S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
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 7
Notes

Son of William Abel, of South Ley Lodge, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916

Research notes

Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 7". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.

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