Identity
Person No.
18252
Service No.
8563
Last Name
First Name
William
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W
Date of Birth
Unknown
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Age at Death
26
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Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 784
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing in action. On the 18th October 1916, at 3.40 am, three companies of the 1st S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The B Coy failed to realize that they had reached Snag Trench and continued beyond it. They had lost touch with their flanks and only some men succeeded to come back. Only a block was established at 50 metres of The Pimple. The D Company launched an attack at 5.45 pm and Snag Trench was occupied but the machine-gun fire from the Butte de Warlencourt took a heavy toll, leaving a small group in the trench
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Brother of Mrs. Annie Curtayne, of 63 and 64 Fletcher's Chambers, Long Street, Cape Town
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