Service Details
Name:
SPEED
Given Name:
ERNEST JOHN
Initials:
E J
Service No:
1344
Rank:
Sapper
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Regiment:
South African Signal Service
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Unit:
South African Div. Signal Coy.
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Date of Death:
1917-09-08
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Date of Birth:
1885-08-30
Age:
32
Cause of Death:
Died of blackwater fever, on H.S. Neuxalia
Additional
Information:
Brother of Fred Cecil Speed, of 9 Clarence Drive, Hyndland, Glasgow, Scotland. Born at Glasgow, Scotland August 30, 1885. Former South African Policeman. Originally buried at Kilwa-Kisiwani. (Served as John SPEARS).
Commemoration
Country:
Tanzania
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Cemetery:
DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
4. F. 10.

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