Service Details
Name:
 BRU-DE-WOLD
Given Name:
 THORKELL WATHAN
Initials:
 T W
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-15
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Date of Birth:
 1879-01-26
Age:
 37
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of Col. Hilmar Theodore Bru-de-Wold CMG, DSO, VD, JP and Mrs. Sarah Bru-de-Wold, of Umzinto, Natal. Born Umzinto, Natal. Trooper in the Natal Police during the Boer War and was also besieged in Ladysmith. He went on to serve in the 1906 Natal Rebellion as a Captain in the Mapping Detachment. During the South African Rebellion of 1914 and the subsequent campaign in German South West Africa, was a Sergeant in Enslin's Horse. Educated at Hilton College, Natal.
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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