Service Details
Name:
 FYNN
Given Name:
 DUDLEY BERESFORD HOOLE
Initials:
 D B H
Service No:
 1387
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
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Date of Birth:
 1895-08-11
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of West White Fynn and Elizabeth Fanny Fynn, of Redlands, Dohne, Cape Province, South Africa. His 3 brothers also died on service. ***One of the iconic photos of WW1 is of his sister (who served as a Nursing Sister) placing flowers at his battlefied grave.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
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Grave Reference:
 IX. E. 51.
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