Service Details
Name:
 HUME
Given Name:
 DONALD GEORGE WALTER
Initials:
 D G W
Service No:
 10502
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Engineers
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Unit:
 South African Corps Signal Coy, R.E.
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Date of Death:
 1917-11-17
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Date of Birth:
 1878-11-19
Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Accidentally killed, in a collision at night, while serving as a despatch rider
Additional
Information:
Son of Lt.-Col. Walter Francis Hume and Georgina Howard (nee Dumbell) Hume, of Kutch, India; husband of Jane Borbridge (nee Doyle) Hume, of 1, St. Philip's Terrace, Gratton Rd., Cheltenham, England. Born Poona, Bombay, India. Educated Wellington College, Berkshire 1892-1895; City & Guilds Central Technical College, London, England. Gained a Commission in the Royal Field Artillery during the South African Campaign. An inspector of machinery for the Department of Mines & Industries. Previously from Dundee, Natal. He had 2 young boys. Commemorated on the Dundee and District WWI Memorial and in a memorial book in Wellington College Chapel, Berkshire, England.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Nord
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Cemetery:
 ZUYDCOOTE MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. D. 14.

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