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Identity
Person No.
25385
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
William Marais Bompas
Initials
W M B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Alice Augusta Tooke, of Mowbray Hall, Rosebank, Cape Town, South Africa, and the late William Hammond Tooke. His brother also died on service

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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