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Identity
Person No.
2294
Service No.
2097
Last Name
Botha 262
First Name
William Frederick
Initials
W F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1892 (±1 yr) 466
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
23 October 1918 241
Cause code
DIS 6,077
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of influenza 916
Died of influenza, at Dedeben
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
South African Mounted Rifles 418
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,342
Unit
5th Regiment 45
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,850
Locality
Northern Cape 808
Cemetery
TSWALU KALAHARI RESERVE CEMETERY 1
Grave Reference
Grave out on veldt, buried close to the old Police station. 1
Notes

Son of Mrs. A. Botha, Strerkstroom, Cape Province. Born 8-March-1892. Attested 18 July 1912. ***Marked on Google Earth as Grave of Trooper Botha

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***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

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