Identity
Person No.
5829
Service No.
7258
Last Name
First Name
Rupert Eley
Initials
R E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
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 Edwin Docker, of Malvern House School, Worthing, Sussex. Previously wounded on 10 October 1916
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private R.E. DOCKER - 4th SAI - Killed in action near Arras on the 12th April 1917"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private R.E. DOCKER - 4th SAI - Killed in action near Arras on the 12th April 1917
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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