Service Details
Name:
 GAISFORD
Given Name:
 NORMAN McNAB
Initials:
 N M
Service No:
 5229
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood or Waterlot Farm
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Jane Jessie Gaisford (nee McNab), of 30, Zareba St., Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. Born King William's Town. A clerk. Enlisted in 1914. Also served in German South West Africa. Commemoration stone in Port Elizabeth (South End) Cemetery. Commemorated on Steytlerville War Memorial
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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