Identity
Person No.
3318
Service No.
477
Last Name
First Name
Matthew Brown
Initials
M B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
17
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
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 4th SAI lost 6 officers and 200 men
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of John Campbell, of 998, Deip Limb Cottages, Simmer and Jack, Germiston, Transvaal. Born at Glasgow, Scotland.
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Mathew Brown CAMPBELL, 4th SAI - Killed in action 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Mathew Brown CAMPBELL, 4th SAI - Killed in action 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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