Service Details
Name:
KING
Given Name:
DOUGLAS IVAN
Initials:
D I
Service No:
5855
Rank:
Private
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Regiment:
South African Infantry
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Unit:
4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
"D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
1916-07-10
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Age:
23
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Bernafay Wood, Somme
Additional
Information:
Son of Sarah Alice King, of "Lynedoch," Nottingham Rd., Natal, and the late James King. On Maritzburg College cenotaph. King's silver wound badge (No. SA 864), small 9ct gold locket containing small photograph and engraved: "D.I.K. Killed in Action 10/7/16, Pro Patria". On Kwazulu-Natal, LIONS RIVER district, Nottingham Road, St John's Gowrie Presbyterian Church, cemetery Great War Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
France
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Locality:
Somme
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Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 4 C.

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