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Private ERNEST ORSMOND

Service Number: 7266
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

2nd Regt.

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

B. 20.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Youngest son of Albert Charles and Maria Elizabeth Orsmond, of Koffyfontein, Orange Free State.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 443
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