Service Details
Name:
 PAINE
Given Name:
 ALFRED
Initials:
 A
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 10th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-09-04
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Age:
 48
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, near Kidote, German East Africa
Decorations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 LG Sup 8 February 1917 - "For meritorious service in the field in East Africa"
Additional
Information:
Son of Jabez and Alice Sussana Mills Paine. Husband of Julie Frances Natalie Paine, of Inzinga, Natal, South Africa. Born Roxton, Bedfordshire, England. A farmer in Ingogo, Natal. Served with the Natal Troop Volunteer Corps in Rhodesia 1896; served as Trooper (#405) with the Natal Carbineers in the ABW; WIA at Lancer?s Nek 3 November 1899. Commemorated on Lych Gate, Newcastle Cemetery & St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Musgrave WWI Memorials.
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 7. B. 3.

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