Service Details
Name:
 MAPHAM
Given Name:
 WALTER LESLIE
Initials:
 W L
Service No:
 PM/62
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Veteran Reserve
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Unit:
 Garrison Military Police
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Date of Death:
 1918-10-13
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died of pneumonia and influenza
Additional
Information:
Son of William Francis and Elizabeth Annie (nee Carney) Mapham, of Fair View, Hulton Street, Bedford. Born Bedford. A policeman in Kimberley. Served with the Garrison Military Police. Commemorated on Bedford, Eastern Cape and Bedford Presbyterian Church WWI Memorials. His brother George William Mapham also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 POTCHEFSTROOM MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Pres. 71.

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