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Identity
Person No.
8718
Service No.
3564
Last Name
First Name
Ernest Mark
Initials
E M
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. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Notes

Son of William and Emma Greenwood, of "Thelma," Lower Piers Rd., Wynberg, Cape Town. Remembered on Wynberg Boys' High School War Memorial gates. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916. His brother also died in service

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