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Identity
Person No.
1892
Service No.
5634
Last Name
First Name
Benjamin Charles Ross
Initials
B C R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed 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
Notes

Son of Ben Blaine, M.B., and Ethel Constance Blaine, of Alexandra Rd., King William's Town, Cape Province. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916.

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