Service Details
Name:
GLEESON
Given Name:
JOHN
Initials:
J
Service No:
248
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:
1916-05-24
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Date of Birth:
1893-11-14
Age:
22
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received accidentally 19th May, at Ufiome
Additional
Information:
Son of David and Ellen Theresa Gleeson, of 74, 2nd Avenue, Melville, Johannesburg, South Africa. Born Elandshoek, Orange Free State. A telephone linesman
Commemoration
Country:
Tanzania
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Cemetery:
DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
5. K. 4.

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