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Identity
Person No.
2876
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Thorkell Wathan
Initials
T W
Date of Birth
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1
Notes

Son of Col. Hilmar Theodore Bru-de-Wold CMG, DSO, VD, JP and Mrs. Sarah Bru-de-Wold, of Umzinto, Natal. Born Umzinto, Natal. Trooper in the Natal Police during the Boer War and was also besieged in Ladysmith. He went on to serve in the 1906 Natal Rebellion as a Captain in the Mapping Detachment. During the South African Rebellion of 1914 and the subsequent campaign in German South West Africa, was a Sergeant in Enslin's Horse. Educated at Hilton College, Natal.

Research notes

Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Date of birth recorded by the South African War Graves Project.

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