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Private CHRISTIAN CHARLES SAMPSON

Service Number: 12101
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

3rd Regt.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

V. E. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Henry James Sampson and Martha Johanna Dysel, of Sapkamma Siding, Uitenhage, Cape Province.
  • Personal Inscription FAR FROM HOME MID BATTLE'S STRIFE YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2442
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