Pte
Joseph Arnold Benn Southward
Military Details
Service Number: RC/33
Regiment & Unit / Ship
South African Road Corps South African Pioneers
Enlisted
December 1918
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
December 1918
Place of Enlistment
Johannesburg
Residence at Enlistment
Soldiers Institute ,Johannesburg,South Africa
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
South African Road Corps
Service Number at Enlistment
RC/33
Service History
Served as ROTHARY .Died from Cerebral Malaria while at Sea on H.M.T. Salamis
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1881
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Address
Wath Brow
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Wath Brow
Parents
Abraham & Ann Southward
Siblings
Mary Eleanor , Hannah Martha , Abraham Benn , John James , Sarah Ann , Norman Lamb , Isaac Henry , Elizabeth Adelaide
Family Connection
Norman Lamb Southward
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Drill Sharpener
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
18th February 1919
Age at Death
38
Circumstances of Death
Died of malaria
Place of Death
HMT Salalami
Regiment at Death
South African Pioneers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
South African Road Corps
Rank at Death
Pte
Notes
Southward family living at Ennerdale Rd Cleator Moor 1901 Census CWGC page show as Son of Abraham and Ann Southward, of Besk Foot, Silloth, Cumberland. Born at Wath, Cumberland
Buried or Commemorated at
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