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Second-Lieutenant William Nimmo Brown of the 1st SA Infantry is killed in the Battle of the Somme and becomes the first South A
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South African History Online. (2012, June 28). Second-Lieutenant William Nimmo Brown of the 1st SA Infantry is killed in the Battle of the Somme and becomes the first South A. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087541
South African History Online (2012) 'Second-Lieutenant William Nimmo Brown of the 1st SA Infantry is killed in the Battle of the Somme and becomes the first South A', South African History Online, 28 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087541 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, Second-Lieutenant William Nimmo Brown of the 1st SA Infantry is killed in the Battle of the Somme and becomes the first South A [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087541, (accessed 25 September 2026).
"Second-Lieutenant William Nimmo Brown of the 1st SA Infantry is killed in the Battle of the Somme and becomes the first South A." South African History Online, 28 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087541. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Second-Lieutenant William Nimmo Brown of the 1st SA Infantry is killed in the Battle of the Somme and becomes the first South A." South African History Online. June 28, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087541.
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