Identity
Person No.
26139
Service No.
Unknown
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Unknown Soldier
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Date of Birth
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Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
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Date of Death
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Additional Information
Notes
In the Roll of South Africans who fell 1914-1918 (edited after the War by the South African authorities), there is an only one man who served in the Royal Naval Division, who was killed in action on the 13th November 1916 near this spot, and who had not a known grave. Sub Lieutenant Joshua Laurence OATES, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who served in the Trench Mortar Battery of the 188th Brigade (Royal Naval Division). He is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. Perhaps he wore a South African badge (by personal whim), which was the only identification evidence. But it is only a hypothesis.
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External Source
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South African War Graves Project