Identity
Person No.
17534
Service No.
3840
Last Name
First Name
George
Initials
G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Military Service
Rank
Constable
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
South African Police
Defence Force
SAP 3,731
South African Police
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Operation
Operation
Dates
1914-09 to 1915-02
About
Afrikaner / Maritz Rebellion against the Union government after the decision to invade German South-West Africa. Armstrong’s Grey Steel covers the accidental death of Gen. J.H. de la Rey (Sep 1914), Beyers’s and Fourie’s revolt, Beyers’s drowning in the Vaal, de Wet’s defeat at Mushroom Valley, and Jopie Fourie’s court-martial and execution (Dec 1914).
Notes
Husband of Frances Morrow, of P.O. Craighall, Johannesburg. Born Donegal, Ireland, 10/12/1880. Attested Transvaal Police 03/12/1912. Stationed Johannesburg. No. 349
Research notes
Armstrong, H.C. Grey Steel: J.C. Smuts — A Study in Arrogance. Arthur Barker, 1937; Just Done Productions / Lulu, 2nd ed. 2006 (ISBN 978-1-920169-08-4).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Armstrong — Grey Steel (J.C. Smuts)
open source ↗
1914 Rebellion — CauseDeath match (Armstrong context)
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South African Police Memorial
open source ↗
South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984).
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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