Service Details
Name:
 JACOBSEN
Given Name:
 FREDERICK WALL
Initials:
 F W
Service No:
 5427
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-23
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of Ole Anton and Jane (nee Wall) Jacobsen, of 439, Umgeni Rd., Durban, South Africa. Born Grahamstown. A coachbuilder for South Africa Railways and Harbours. Commemorated on on the SAR&H WWI Memorials in Durban & Bloemfontein railway stations and on the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorial. Also in a WWI Memorial pamphlet produced by St Olav's Church, Durban 27/9/1918.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
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Grave Reference:
 I. D. 44.
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