Identity
Person No.
26671
Service No.
2962
Last Name
First Name
William
Initials
W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
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
1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 17
Notes
Son of Mr. H. A. and Mrs. Susan L. van der Poll, of Main Rd., Lakeside, Muizenburg, Cape Province. ***Buried in shell hole by Trolley Track, 300 yards south of Montauben near Maricourt-Montauban Road, 6 miles east of Albert
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 17". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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