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Lance Corporal JOHN FORBES RODDA

Service Number: 9487
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

4th Regt.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. H. 58.

France

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  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Henry and Isabel Rodda, of England; husband of Winifred Curtin (formerly Rodda), of 96, Windmill Rd., Durban, Natal.
  • Personal Inscription WHOM THE GODS LOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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