Service Details
Name:
 DANSIE
Given Name:
 JOHN RICHARD
Initials:
 J R
Service No:
 8074
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-10-15
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Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. On the 14th October, the B Coy took The Pimple and a considerable part of the German communication trench. The B Coy was relieved by the A Coy in the night of the 15-16th October. The casualties of the 3rd S.A.I. amounted to 38 men.
Additional
Information:
Son of the late J. R. and Agnes Dansie, of Johannesburg
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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