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Mark Devantier
1893 - 1914

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• Birth	1893	King Williams Town, South Africa
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Sep 1914	Hex River Pass, South Africa
  Person ID	I12602	Devantier Tree | South African - Branch II
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2010

  
  

  Father	Markus Devantier,   b. 31 Jul 1860, Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 07 Oct 1932, King Williams Town, South Africa
  Mother	Mary Caroline Theresa Schultz,   b. Aug 1862, Queenstown, South Africa ,   d. 07 Jul 1956, Johannesburg, South Africa
  Married	King Williams Town, South Africa
  Family ID	F3602	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Birth - 1893 - King Williams Town, South Africa Died - 10 Sep 1914 - Hex River Pass, South Africa  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones		WW I memorial in King William's Town cemetery, South Africa Status: Located
  		WW I memorial in King William's Town cemetery, South Africa Status: Located
  		WW I memorial in King William's Town cemetery, South Africa Status: Located
  		WW I memorial in King William's Town cemetery, South Africa Status: Located

  
  

• Notes

  Lyndene Butt Adamson found the memorial in the King William's Town cemetery. The memorial is for the men who volunteered for the Kaffrarian Rifles in WW1 and who were killed on their way to German South West Africa. They left East London on 6 September 1914 by train. Between De Doorns and Touws River in the Western Cape, descending the steep Hex River pass on the 10 September 1914, the train engine derailed and caused 11 coaches to also derail. Eight men were killed instantly, Cpl. Mark Devantier being one of them. A ninth man died on 12 September 1914 in Touws River Hospital of a spinal fracture. Cpl. Mark Devantier, 21 years of King William's Town. Pvt. R.J.E. Henley, 21 of King William's Town. Pvt. John Edward Ringsall, 23 of King William's Town. Pvt. Arthur Moriarty, 20 of King William's Town. Pvt. Arthur Singleton, of King William's Town. Pvt. Wilfred Richard Blumrick, 19 of Macleantown Pvt. A.S.W. Symons,32 of Stutterheim. Pvt. Rudolph Victor Van Der Merwe, 21 of East London. pvt. C.S. Van Der Venter of King William's Town, who died 12 September 1914 in Touws River Hospital.