Service Details
Name:
 REID
Given Name:
 EDWARD WILLIAM
Initials:
 E W
Service No:
 13041
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-03-21
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Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Gauche Wood, near Peronne, France
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Eliza Birnie Reid, of Deemount, Harding, Alfred County. Born Izingolweni, Natal. A farmer in Harding. Served as a Trooper (#222) with the Border Mounted Rifles & the Natal Volunteer Composite Regiment in the ABW 1899-1902; served with DLI in GSWA 1914-1915 (Served as William DIXON). Commemorated on on the Durban Light Infantry WWI Memorial. Commemorated on on the Durban cenotaph
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 POZIERES MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 97.

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