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Identity
Person No.
27386
Service No.
711
Last Name
First Name
John Robertson Wyse
Initials
J R W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Secondary Unit
"D" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 22,700
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range
Grave Reference
Notes

Son of Charles Orlando Vincent, late of Clocolan, Orange Free State; husband of Florence Elizabeth Vincent, of 11, Waddon Close, Croydon, Surrey, England. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916

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