Service Details
Name:
 CHEMANTE
Service No:
 17
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Rhodesia Native Regiment
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-10-20
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by a road side mine on the road from Duthumi to Tulo. Part of an escort party taking surrounded or deserted askaris from Duthumi to Tulo, when an enemy road-mine exploded, blowing him to pieces.
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Additional
Information:
A Christian, he was given a full military funeral. 2nd Rhodesia Regiment in East Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 Kenya
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Cemetery:
 EAST AFRICA BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
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