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Identity
Person No.
15851
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
William Offley
Initials
W O
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received at Wami River, on 17th August 1916
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes

Son of John Leigh Goldie McCarthy, and Frances Olivia McCarthy, of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Served with the Canadian contingent in the Boer War. Returned to Africa serve with the South African Constabulary. He returned to Canada one last time to serve in the Royal North West Mounted Police in Saskatchewan. He then returned to Africa where he bought a large farm in Rhodesia.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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