Identity
Person No.
23854
Service No.
19424
Last Name
First Name
John William
Initials
J W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in Accident, 11 perished in the accident. Whilst clearing mines and transporting them to 3 South African Field Coy. It appears that one of the land mines had not been defused correctly and exploded on the back of the truck detonating the other mines and killing the 9 on the back of the truck plus the driver and passenger in the cab
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mr. J. O. Spence, of 1 Long Street, Mowbray and Johanna C. Friedlander, and stepson of Arthur J. Friedlander, of Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa. A clerk. He was unmarried.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project