Adam, George Alexander Findlay

Identity

Person No.

29188

Old ROH no.

34806

Service No.

Unknown

Last Name

Adam 7

First Name

George Alexander Findlay

Initials

G A F

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1870 (±1 yr) 146

Age at Death

52

Death Record

Date of Death

14 March 1922 112

Cause code

DOW 2,732

Died of wounds

Cause of Death

Died of gun shot wounds 6

Died of gun shot wounds, during Rand Revolt

Military Service

Branch

Army

Rank

Major

Regiment

Transvaal Scottish 221

Unit

Unknown

Defence Force

UDF 24,808

Union Defence Force

Location

Country

South Africa 23,850

Locality

Gauteng 9,374

Cemetery

JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY 455

Grave Reference

Gen. Sec. Grave 5793. 1

Coordinates

-26.19806, 28.01538 OSM

Unit History

Role at time of death

Infantry

Status

Active Citizen Force (Reserve)

Part of

72 Motorised Brigade

Transvaal Scottish, formed 1902 after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment through WWI, WWII (2nd/3rd Bns raised 1936/1939) and the Border War. Renamed Solomon Mahlangu Regiment 2019. Needs further research to break out exact era boundaries/role changes (e.g. 1953 and 1997 battalion amalgamations) as sources are found.

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