296a Pte (ex-A/Cpl) Asser, Verney

This man (probably a pseudonym, see Brig.-Gen. Verney Asser) stowed away on the troopship and enlisted in Cairo. On 05.03.1918 he was hanged at Shepton Mallet for the murder of his hutmate 5372 A/Cpl Durkin, Joseph Harold, in their hut at Sutton Very on the evening of 27.11.1917.

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