Identity
Person No.
23916
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Edward Ross
Initials
E R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of John and Margaret Spyker, of Cape Town, South Africa.
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Corporal Edward Ross SPYKER, 1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July, Killed in action (as Second Lieutenant) near Frezenberg on the 23rd September 1917 (Ypres Reservoir Cemetery)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Corporal Edward Ross SPYKER, 1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July, Killed in action (as Second Lieutenant) near Frezenberg on the 23rd September 1917 (Ypres Reservoir Cemetery)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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