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Balmain, New South Wales [1]

Cape Town [1]

Doornhoek, near Uitenhage [1]

Rank

Private [2892]

Lance Corporal [200]

Corporal [73]

Serjeant [27]

Colour Serjeant [22]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Lieutenant [18]

Captain [17]

Interpreter [7]

Sergeant [6]

1st Class Orderly [5]

Regimental Serjeant Major [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

3rd Class Orderly [4]

Clerk and Interpreter [4]

Major [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

1st Class Hospital Orderly [3]

1st Class Ordinary Seaman [3]

Chaplain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Police Boy [3]

2nd Class Induna [2]

2nd Class Orderly [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Staff Sergeant [2]

Superintending Clerk [2]

1st Class Induna [1]

1st Class Ordinary [1]

1st Class Ordinary Hospital [1]

1st Lieutenant Orderly [1]

2nd Class [1]

2nd Class Ordinary Seaman [1]

3rd Class Ordnance [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bandsman [1]

Colour Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Hospital Orderly [1]

Intelligence Agent [1]

Labourer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Native Chaplain [1]

Orderly [1]

Unit

South African Native Labour Corps [3340]

Labour Corps [52]

Rhodesia Regiment [5]

Chinese Labour Corps [4]

East African Labour Corps [3]

Native Labour Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

King's African Rifles [2]

South African Engineering Corps [2]

Union of South African Native Labour Corps [2]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [1]

38th Company South African Native Labour Corps [1]

43rd Company, South African Native Labour Corps [1]

66th Labour Company [1]

7th South African Infantry [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

British South African Police [1]

Canadian Labour Corps [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

General List [1]

General List attached Royal Engineers [1]

General List/South African Native Labour Corps [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hampshire Regiment Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Imperial Labour Corps [1]

Kaffrarian Union Defence Force [1]

Kitchener's Horse [1]

Labour Corps ex South African Native Labour Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Railways and Harbour Brigade [1]

Rand Rifles [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps attached South African Native Labour Corps [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

South African Field Telegraph and Postal Corps [1]

South African Infantry [1]

South African Infantry Brigade [1]

South African Labour Corps [1]

South African Medical Corps [1]

South African Mounted Regiment [1]

South African Mounted Rifles [1]

South African Native Labour Corps Charge Office [1]

South African Railway Regiment [1]

South African Rifles [1]

South African Supply Corps [1]

Service

British Army [2694]

South African Services [658]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

M [1189]

S [304]

L [266]

R [256]

T [253]

N [193]

K [185]

P [157]

J [93]

B [72]

D [58]

H [56]

C [51]

F [40]

G [36]

A [29]

W [27]

Z [22]

Q [18]

O [12]

I [11]

E [10]

V [7]

U [5]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2741]

Country

South Africa [1]

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People [3351] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Balmain, New South Wales [1] Cape Town [1] Doornhoek, near Uitenhage [1]

Rank

Private [2892] Lance Corporal [200] Corporal [73] Serjeant [27] Colour Serjeant [22] Second Lieutenant [22] Lieutenant [18] Captain [17] Interpreter [7] Sergeant [6] 1st Class Orderly [5] Regimental Serjeant Major [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] 3rd Class Orderly [4] Clerk and Interpreter [4] Major [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] 1st Class Hospital Orderly [3] 1st Class Ordinary Seaman [3] Chaplain [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Police Boy [3] 2nd Class Induna [2] 2nd Class Orderly [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Colour Sergeant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Staff Sergeant [2] Superintending Clerk [2] 1st Class Induna [1] 1st Class Ordinary [1] 1st Class Ordinary Hospital [1] 1st Lieutenant Orderly [1] 2nd Class [1] 2nd Class Ordinary Seaman [1] 3rd Class Ordnance [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bandsman [1] Colour Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Hospital Orderly [1] Intelligence Agent [1] Labourer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Native Chaplain [1] Orderly [1]

Unit

South African Native Labour Corps [3340] Labour Corps [52] Rhodesia Regiment [5] Chinese Labour Corps [4] East African Labour Corps [3] Native Labour Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] King's African Rifles [2] South African Engineering Corps [2] Union of South African Native Labour Corps [2] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [1] 38th Company South African Native Labour Corps [1] 43rd Company, South African Native Labour Corps [1] 66th Labour Company [1] 7th South African Infantry [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] British South African Police [1] Canadian Labour Corps [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] General List [1] General List attached Royal Engineers [1] General List/South African Native Labour Corps [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Imperial Labour Corps [1] Kaffrarian Union Defence Force [1] Kitchener's Horse [1] Labour Corps ex South African Native Labour Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Railways and Harbour Brigade [1] Rand Rifles [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps attached South African Native Labour Corps [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] South African Field Telegraph and Postal Corps [1] South African Infantry [1] South African Infantry Brigade [1] South African Labour Corps [1] South African Medical Corps [1] South African Mounted Regiment [1] South African Mounted Rifles [1] South African Native Labour Corps Charge Office [1] South African Railway Regiment [1] South African Rifles [1] South African Supply Corps [1]

Service

British Army [2694] South African Services [658] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

M [1189] S [304] L [266] R [256] T [253] N [193] K [185] P [157] J [93] B [72] D [58] H [56] C [51] F [40] G [36] A [29] W [27] Z [22] Q [18] O [12] I [11] E [10] V [7] U [5] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2741]

Country

South Africa [1]

Willie Pampiri Tlhomelang

Born 1891

Died 1917

South African Services 9289 Private South African Native Labour Corps

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Simeon Kabi

Died 1917

South African Services 10964 Private South African Native Labour Corps Medical Section

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Thomas Arthur Ford

Died 1917

South African Services 247 Sergeant South African Native Labour Corps 5th Battalion

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Thomas Plaatje

Born 1887

Died 1917

South African Services 9657 Private South African Native Labour Corps

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Jacobus Molupe Or Mozupe

Born 1869

Died 1917

South African Services 2098 Private South African Native Labour Corps

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Ernest Henry Richardson

Died 1917

South African Services Lieutenant South African Native Labour Corps 5th Battalion, C Company

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Arthur Cockrell

Died 1917

South African Services 37 Staff Sergeant South African Native Labour Corps 5th Battalion (Medical Section)

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Isaac Wauchope Dyobha

Born 1852

Died 1917

South African Services 3276 Chaplain South African Native Labour Corps Medical Section

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Stephen Fule

Born 1897

Died 1917

South African Services 9261 Private South African Native Labour Corps

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John Mkoni

Born 1876

Died 1917

South African Services 9256 Private South African Native Labour Corps

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Charles Henry Botha

Died 1917

South African Services 191 Sergeant South African Native Labour Corps 4th Battalion

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Sikaniso Mtolo

Died 1917

South African Services 9999 Private South African Native Labour Corps

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Ogoyi Tshikwase Madhlala

Born 1867

Died 1917

South African Services 7163 Private South African Native Labour Corps

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Michael Montso

Died 1917

British Army 11152 Private South African Native Labour Corps Medical Sect.

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Eliah Motebeng Or Motebang

Died 1917

British Army 10962 Private South African Native Labour Corps Medical Section.

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Edmund Mpafalane

Died 1917

South African Services 9366 Private South African Native Labour Corps 5th Bn.

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Jim Mbombiya

Died 1917

South African Services 9373 Private South African Native Labour Corps 5th Battalion

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Alfred Lekau

Died 1917

South African Services 9188 Private South African Native Labour Corps 4th Battalion

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Jacob Mangolwane

Died 1917

South African Services 8997 Private South African Native Labour Corps 4th Bn.

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Fred Abrahams

Died 1917

South African Services 11163 Private South African Native Labour Corps Medical Section

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