Service Details
Name:
 BECKERMANN
Given Name:
 BENJAMIN FERDINAND
Initials:
 B F
Service No:
 14441
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 8th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-09-05
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died of enteric fever
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 6 August 1918 - "Brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War by Lieutenant-General. Sir J. L. van Deventer, K.C.B., Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces East Africa, for distinguished services during the operations from 30th May to December, 1917, described in his despatch of 21st January, 1918"
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb William Beckermann, of Bell Rock, Umtata, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 6. E. 16.

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