Service Details
Name:
 NEWTON
Given Name:
 ELLIS ALBAN
Initials:
 E A
Service No:
 2051
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
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Date of Birth:
 1894-05-05
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of William John and Margaret Jemima (nee Soffe) Newton, of P.O. Karee Pan, Cape Province. Born Kimberley. A farmer.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
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Grave Reference:
 VIII. I. 8.

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