Service Details
Name:
SMAILES
Given Name:
RICHARD
Initials:
R
Service No:
12496
Rank:
Private
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Regiment:
South African Infantry
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Unit:
2nd Regt.
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Date of Death:
1918-04-11
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Age:
46
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Messines Ridge
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Smailes; husband of Hilda Smailes, of 37, 13th Avenue, Parktown North, Johannesburg, Transvaal. Native of Isle of Man. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
Belgium
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Locality:
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.

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