Service Details
Name:
 DE MEILLON
Given Name:
 COPERNICUS KEPLER
Initials:
 C K
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse)
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Unit:
 Intelligence Staff
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Date of Death:
 1915-02-22
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Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Garub
Decorations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Additional
Information:
Son of Johannes and Elizabeth de Meillon, of Port Elizabeth; husband of Elsie Kate de Meillon (nee Marsh), of Johannesburg. Born Victoria West. A prospector
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Cemetery:
 AUS MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 132.

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