Identity
Person No.
47923
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Henry Edwin
Initials
H E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
42
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died of bronchitis and asthma while a prisoner of war, En route to SA from India and Ceylon after the war
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
En route to SA from India and Ceylon after the war
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes
WMBR id 660. POW number 16552. Lake Manitoba from Ceylon buried at sea
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Regiment/Unit swapped -- "Prisoner of War" (a Commando, the Boer War-era regiment-equivalent) moved to Regiment; "Boer Forces" (the generic force-wide designation) moved to Unit, per John's decision.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Anglo-Boer War Museum
open source ↗
Anglo-Boer War Museum
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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