In Memory Of

WILDE, ALFRED WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 194
Rank:
 Trooper
Unit:
 4th
Unit 2:
 "D" Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Horse
Date of Death:
 1916-05-18
Cause of Death:
 Shot himself whilst temporarily insane
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 7. G. 3.
Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Tanzania
Additional Information
Son of Alfred and Margaret Hannah Wilde, of Main Reef Rd., Roodepoort, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Port Elizabeth. An engineer. Previously served in German South West Africa. Was a prominent footballer and the feather-weight boxing champion of South Africa