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Identity
Person No.
10544
Service No.
9410
Last Name
First Name
William Edward
Initials
W E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

Son of William Edward and Virtue Hunt, of Exeter, Devon, England; husband of Henrietta Cecil Hunt, of 9, Robert St., Cambridge, Cape Province. On Cambridge Town war memorial for 1914-18

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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