Service Details
Name:
 HUSBAND
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JAMES MILLER
Initials:
 W J M
Service No:
 2146
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 5th Infantry (Kaffrarian Rifles)
Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood
Decorations:
 M S M, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 M S M LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For valuable services in the Field in, and in connection with, the Campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"; MID LG Sup 21 June 1916 pg. 6181
Additional
Information:
Son of Annie Maria and the late Nicholas Way Husband, of 7, Amalinda Rd., East London, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
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Grave Reference:
 II. A. 10.

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