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Identity
Person No.
23009
Service No.
5779
Last Name
Short 8
First Name
Robert Rossouw
Initials
R R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1890 (±1 yr) 414
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
South African Infantry 5,581
Unit
4th Regt. 1,344
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 22,700
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
19 July 1916 257
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,230
Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Grave Reference
Pier and Face 4 C. 828
Location
Country
France 5,136
Locality
Somme 2,465
Cemetery
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 959
Coordinates
50.05081, 2.68569
Notes

Son of the late George and Ellen Mary Short (nee Apsey).

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