Service Details
Name:
 PORTEOUS
Given Name:
 HAROLD ERSKINE
Initials:
 H E
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-12
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Battle of Arras
Additional
Information:
Son of Alexander Stewart Porteous and Mrs. Emily Christina Beattie, of 32 Cleveland Street, Launceston, Tasmania. Born Coburg, Victoria. Was at Delville Wood with Trench Mortar Battery, arriving on July 18th, as a Pte. #331.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES
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Grave Reference:
 III. D. 7.

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