Identity
Person No.
28288
Service No.
5545
Last Name
First Name
Oswald James
Initials
O J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
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
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Brother of Laura Westgway, of Beach, East London. Commemoration stone in EAST LONDON (EAST BANK) CEMETERY
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Oswald James WICKS, 2nd SAI - Killed in action near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Oswald James WICKS, 2nd SAI - Killed in action near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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