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Identity
Person No.
1794
Service No.
6043
Last Name
First Name
George Sydney
Initials
G S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Secondary Unit
"D" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

Husband of Edith Biggs and father of three children, of Durban Welfare House, Farewell Street, Durban. Was by profession an Engineer and attested in Cornwall at the age of 34. He previously served with the Royal Engineers in the Anglo-Boer War. He was one of those many South African casualties who "disappeared" during the Battle of Delville Wood.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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