Service Details
Name:
 MARCUS
Given Name:
 WILLIAM
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 15738
Rank:
 Donkey Leader
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Regiment:
 Military Labour Corps
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-06
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Cause of Death:
 Died of dysentery, at sea, on board H.M.T. "Aragon", on return to South Africa
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Additional
Information:
Attested at Grahamstown on 26 October 1916. Book states he died at Kisiwani but he was on board Aragon on route to South Africa
Commemoration
Country:
 Lost at Sea
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Cemetery:
 DIED AT SEA
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Grave Reference:
 SOUTH AFRICAN BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

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