Service Details
Name:
 BURGESS
Given Name:
 WALTER
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 12886
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-09-20
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Additional
Information:
Son of Harry and Laura Burgess, of 14, Sycamore Rd., Congella, Durban, Natal. His brother also died in service. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) 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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