Identity
Person No.
22840
Service No.
2650
Last Name
First Name
Henry
Initials
H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
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Notes
Son of Mr. Shannon, of Port Gladstone, Stutterheim, Cape Province. Remembered on Kentani Community Hall Plaque
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Henry SHANNON, 2nd SAI, D Coy - Attached to the Trench Mortar Battery, was of the last South African group relieved on the 20th July at Delville Wood, Killed in action (as Corporal) near Frezenberg on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)"
Citations
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External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Henry SHANNON, 2nd SAI, D Coy - Attached to the Trench Mortar Battery, was of the last South African group relieved on the 20th July at Delville Wood, Killed in action (as Corporal) near Frezenberg on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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