Service Details
Name:
SIEBERT
Given Name:
LODWIJK KOCH
Initials:
L K
Service No:
SAR/226
Rank:
Sapper
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Regiment:
South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service
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Date of Death:
1917-08-08
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Date of Birth:
1893-04-30
Age:
24
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, shell wounds in the face, received on 6 August 1917 and died of wounds two days later in No. 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station
Additional
Information:
Son of Johannes (John) Hendrik Siebert and Barbara Johanna (nee Koch) Siebert, of Swellendam, Cape Province. Born Swellendam. A fireman with South African Railways and Harbours. Initially served in the Southern Rifles, which was one of the smaller units taking part in the German South West Africa campaign. In November 1916 he attested in the SA Railways Overseas Dominion Section. On Mossel Bay War Memorial, Western Cape
Commemoration
Country:
Belgium
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Locality:
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
XVII. D. 18.

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