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Identity
Person No.
23129
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Walter Francis
Initials
W F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Walter Francis Simkins
Notes
Son of Edward Walter and Jessie Thompson Simkins, of 358, Longmarket St., Maritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Also served in German South West Africa.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B: named on photograph "Walter Francis Simkins". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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