Identity
Person No.
9579
Service No.
6899
Last Name
First Name
John Basil
Initials
J B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
16
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received 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
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of John Robert and Amelia Sophia Heathcote, of Glenaven, Umtata, Cape Province, South Africa. Remembered on Umtata and District Memorial Plaque
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