Identity
Person No.
24769
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Russell Pears
Initials
R P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 22,701
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,390
Killed in action
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
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 2
Notes
Son of Louisa Mary Tatham, of Althea, Zwartkop Rd., Pietermaritzburg, Natal, and the late Augustus Gould Turner Tatham.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 2". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Citations
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