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Identity
Person No.
256
Service No.
3297
Last Name
Air
1
First Name
Robert Young
Initials
R Y
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Rank
Private
Regiment
South African Infantry
5,581
Unit
4th Regt.
1,344
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
09 July 1916
101
Cause of Death
Killed in action
9,874
Killed in action, on the 9th July 1916, the 4th S.A.I. held Briqueterie Trench and Dublin Trench to Dublin Redoubt. Its A Coy took part in the fighting in the South end of Trones Wood in the night of the 9th/10th July
Grave Reference
I. G. 6.
1
Location
Country
France
5,136
Locality
Somme
2,465
Cemetery
PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
35
Coordinates
49.97808, 2.78206
Additional Information
Notes
Brother of George Air, of 57 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, Scotland
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project
southafricawargraves.org — record #256