Gerrard Edgar Brink (1892 - 1917)

Born 12 Nov 1892 in Grahamstown, Cape Colony

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Died 9 Apr 1917 at age 24 in Somme, France

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Category: Union Defence Force need to be created Category: No 4 South African Infantry Regiment, World War I

Union Defence Force 1912 - 1957, World War I South African Army, Infantry, 4th Regiment.

Gerrard Edgar Brink Died in Service during served in WWI, died in 1920.

Biography

Gerrard Edgar Brink is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: Gerrard Edgar Brink ^{[1] [2]}

Event date: 12 November 1892 ^{[1] [2]}

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Father's Name: George Palmer Brink

Mother's Name: Edith Sarah Palmer

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Military Info

Force number: 7644 ^{[1] [2]}

Rank: Lance Corporal ^{[1] [2]}

Surname: Brink ^{[1] [2]}

Names: G. E. ^{[1] [2]}

Regiment: South African Infantry ^{[1] [2]}

Unit 1: 4th Regiment ^{[1] [2]}

Unit 2: Delta Company / "D" Coy / The 4th S.A.I. lost 243 men (Killed and wounded).

Cemetery: France, Pas de Calais, Haute-Avesnes British cemetery B. 9. ^[1]

Death

Event Date: 9 April 1917 ^{[1] [2]}

Event Place: France, Pas de Calais, Haute-Avesnes British cemetery ^[2]

Cause of death: Died of wounds, following the attack of Black Line and Blue Line to the North-East of St.Laurent-Blangy. ^{[1] [2]}

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1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} South African War Graves Project Grave of G. E. Brink Seen and entered Dec 2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Commonwealth War Graves Commission Grave of G. E. Brink Seen and entered Dec 2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz

• Find A Grave: Memorial #50512429
• Brink-631 was created by Bruce Deary through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on 11 Jul 2013.
• Born 12 Nov 1892, bapt 18 Dec, Grahamstown: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSH-VCFH : 16 August 2019), George Palmer Brink in entry for Gerrard Edgar Brink, 18 Dec 1892; citing Baptism, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, p. 90, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Baxter-5479 04:50, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
• Death Notice, died France: "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5X-S6ZF : 3 September 2019) Baxter-5479 21:55, 4 September 2019 (UTC)