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Identity
Person No.
739
Service No.
10
Last Name
Athindwa 1
First Name
Levi
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Rank
Native Scout Private
Regiment
Rhodesia Regiment 437
Unit
2nd Bn. 451
Death Record
Date of Death
30 May 1916 95
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action. He was the only one of 300 troops of 2RR killed during an assault on the so-called German Bridge over the Pangani River, north west of Buiko
Grave Reference
Unknown
Location
Country
Kenya 875
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

Levi was definitely attached to 2RR, but no record has been found which gives the Battalion as the one that he was actually a member of. Capell's very accurate nominal roll only lists white soldiers, which may also suggest that the Battalion did not have any non-white members. ref. The 2nd Rhodesia Regiment in East Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.

Citation

***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #739