Service Details
Name:
 SANSBURY
Given Name:
 JOHN EDWARD
Initials:
 J E
Service No:
 6049
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-08-01
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of M. C. Van der Riet (formerly Sansbury), of Melville, Coega, Cape Province, and of James Van der Riet (stepfather). On Maritzburg College cenotaph.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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