In Memory Of
DE MEILLON, COPERNICUS KEPLER
Service Details
Age:
35
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
Intelligence Staff
Regiment:
5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse)
Date of Death:
1915-02-22
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Garub
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
132.
Cemetery:
AUS MILITARY CEMETERY
Country:
Namibia
Additional Information
Decorations:
Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Son of Johannes and Elizabeth de Meillon, of Port Elizabeth; husband of Elsie Kate de Meillon (nee Marsh), of Johannesburg. Born Victoria West. A prospector
