Military service
Service number:
629962
Age:
41
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
47th Battalion
Birth:
March 8, 1878
Edinburgh, Scotland
Enlistment:
August 20, 1915
British Columbia
Death:
March 24, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
N.C. Sect. 4. 26.
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ROOIDAM MILITARY CEMETERY Free State, South Africa
The cemetery contains over 70 War Graves, as well as a special memorial to 21 soldiers and labourers buried in the unfenced African Cemetery 1 kilometre further South. A War Cross is erected at the entrance. The burials are mainly from the Tempe Hospital.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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