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Private Ovide Smith

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South Africa War Monument

Military service

Service number: 298
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Mounted Rifles
Death: August 17, 1900 Pan Sta Nr, South Africa

Burial/memorial information

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 38 of the South African War / Nile Expedition Book of Remembrance.
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MIDDELBURG (MPUMALANGA) South Africa

Traveling from Witbank on the R555, turn left on the Jan Van Riebeeck Road (from Belfast on N11 - Van Riebeeck is the N11) and turn right on Wes Street. Turn left on Voortrekker Road, go over small stone bridge, take the road to the left, pass the Jewish cemetery on the right at 50 m then another 50 m further. There is a Central Memorial and a brick wall. There are many iron crosses which are unreadable

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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