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Private ERIC NEWTON KING

Service Number: 9380
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

4th Regt.

Date of Death

Died 15 December 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT

I. F. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Newton King and Esther Rebecca King, of Newtondale, Tarkastad, Cape Province. Educated at Kingswood College, Grahamstown, Cape Province. Served also in German South West Africa, 1914-1915.
  • Personal Inscription OUR BOY DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH FIGHTING FOR GOD RIGHT AND LIBERTY
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