Identity
Person No.
4837
Service No.
5054
Last Name
First Name
William Cole
Initials
W C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
54
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Henry Frederick and Nellie Johanna Currie, of Albany, Cape Province; husband of Charlotte M. Currie, of East Leigh, Nairobi, Kenya. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Served in the Gcaleka War; in the Boer war as a Lieutenant in Nesbitt's Horse, he distinguished himself in the fighting in the Colesberg district in 1901 and was Mentioned in Despatches; was farming in British East Africa when WW1 broke out served in the Veterinary Corps near Nairobi (another source says he was an Intelligence officer)
Citation
LG 16 April 1901 pg. 2611
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project