In Memory Of
ELI, THOMAS
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
7492
Rank:
Private
Unit:
3rd Regt.
Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-12
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. The 3rd S.A.I. was in reserve during the unsucessful attack of the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. on Snag and Tail Trenches. In the night of the 12-13th October, the 3rd S.A.I. relieved the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. which had suffered heavily.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. G. 58.
Cemetery:
DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Husband of Cornelia Gertrude Eli, of 41 Terrace Road, Fordsburg
