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Identity
Person No.
10598
Service No.
1525
Last Name
First Name
Archie
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Private
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action. On the 18th October 1916, at 3.40 am, three companies of the 1st S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The B Coy failed to realize that they had reached Snag Trench and continued beyond it. They had lost touch with their flanks and only some men succeeded to come back. Only a block was established at 50 metres of The Pimple. The D Company launched an attack at 5.45 pm and Snag Trench was occupied but the machine-gun fire from the Butte de Warlencourt took a heavy toll, leaving a small group in the trench
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Fredrick and Ada Huskisson, of 28, Beech Grove, Undercliffe, Bradford, England. Native of Aston, Birmingham, England. Wounded in Delville Wood in July 1916.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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