In Memory Of
PARKER, JAMES LOUIS
Service Details
Age:
33
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
8794
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
1st Regt.
Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. In the night of the 16-17th October, the 1st S.A.I. relieved the 3rd S.A.I. in the front trenches. Large working parties were employed in widening and deepening the communication trenches to The Pimple and the Front line.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of the late William J. and Marcella Susanna Parker, of Diep River, Cape Province
