Service Details
Name:
 BORCHERT
Given Name:
 EDWARD ELERS
Initials:
 E E
Service No:
 9453
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-12-07
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.
Additional
Information:
Son of Ferdinand L. F. W. and Katherine Ellen Solomon Borchert, of "Oaklands," Somerset West, South Africa. Born at Cape Town.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 METZ-EN-COUTURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 II. F. 26.

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