Forenames:
Oliver Nehemiah H
Family Name:
Messam
Gender:
- Male
Date of Birth:
1893
Date of Death:
20th January 1918
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Born in Soberton as the only child of Oliver and Kate Messam.
In 1901 the family lived in Soberton Heath (next to the Bold Forester) and his father (Oliver J) worked as a Woodsman. In 1911 they still lived in Soberton Heath and Oliver N is working as an Under Gardener.
He married Margaret Selina Leet in 1916 and had a daughter - Edith.
Died serving as a Private with Royal Army Service Corps during WWI in Tanzania, East Africa from appendicitis after the German troops had surrendered.
He is buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery and commemorated on Soberton War Memorial.
CWGC list him as Son of Oliver and Kate Messam, of Soberton; husband of Margaret Messam, of "Inglenook," Soberton