Identity
Person No.
21898
Service No.
4350
Last Name
First Name
Ernest James
Initials
E J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 22,700
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed 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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Notes
Son of Mr. W. J. and Mrs. Edith A. Rosser, of Fern Cottage, Albion Rd., Rondebosch, Cape Province. Native of Wynberg, Cape Province. On Rondebosch War Memorial in St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard
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