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Identity
Person No.
4837
Service No.
5054
Last Name
First Name
William Cole
Initials
W C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
54
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,077
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of malaria
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UK 4,066
British forces
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Awards
United Kingdom
Notes

Son of Henry Frederick and Nellie Johanna Currie, of Albany, Cape Province; husband of Charlotte M. Currie, of East Leigh, Nairobi, Kenya. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Served in the Gcaleka War; in the Boer war as a Lieutenant in Nesbitt's Horse, he distinguished himself in the fighting in the Colesberg district in 1901 and was Mentioned in Despatches; was farming in British East Africa when WW1 broke out served in the Veterinary Corps near Nairobi (another source says he was an Intelligence officer)

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "East African Veterinary Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.

Citations

LG 16 April 1901 pg. 2611

LG 16 April 1901 pg. 2611 p.2611
LG 16 April 1901 pg. 2611 p.2611
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