Identity
Person No.
19527
Service No.
91
Last Name
First Name
Garnet Ewart
Initials
G E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. In the night of the 12-13th October, the 3rd S.A.I. relieved the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. which had suffered heavily during the attack on Snag and Tail Trenches. A new trench (Pearse's Trench) was dug and a patrol was sent on reconnaissance on The Pimple in the hands of the Germans. On the 14th October, the B Coy took The Pimple and a considerable part of the German communication trench. The B Coy was relieved by the A Coy in the night of the 15-16th October. The casualties of the 3rd S.A.I. amounted to 38 men
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Additional Information
Notes
Son of Harry William and Martha Cornelia Overton, of 5, Mayor Avenue, Benoni, Transvaal. Was of the last South African group relieved on the 20th July 1916 in Delville Wood.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project