Identity
Person No.
15294
Service No.
31279
Last Name
First Name
Rupert George
Initials
R G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, shrapnel wound to his back (loin) received on the 18th Dec during shelling of the Brigade area, in the vicinity of Menastir. He was a member of the A/A Platoon
Military Service
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Locality
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Car
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Formed 21 September 1899 as the Imperial Light Horse (Second Boer War). Volunteer unit in the Transvaal Volunteers 1902-1913, then transferred to the Active Citizen Force as "5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse)" in 1913. Reformed as an armoured regiment 1949; split into 1 LHR/2 LHR 1975 (Border War era), reamalgamated 1997. Renamed Johannesburg Light Horse Regiment 2019.
Notes
Son of John C. and Florence E. Martin, of 52 Tramway Street, Turffontein, Johannesburg. Born in Johannesburg. A clerk. His brother, B. J. Martin, also died on service.
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