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Identity
Person No.
30501
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Gordon-Gray 1
First Name
Gordon
Initials
G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1879 (±1 yr) 383
Age at Death
43
Death Record
Date of Death
11 March 1922 155
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,435
Died of wounds, received during the Rand Revolt, at Benoni
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
South African Field Artillery 126
Unit
Armoured Corps 23
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY 424
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 32
Coordinates
-25.80165, 28.12721 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Field Artillery
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
The South African Permanent Force, created 1913, included the South African Field Artillery (SAFA) and South African Permanent Garrison Artillery (SAPGA) from the outset -- unlike most infantry regiments of the same era (which were Active Citizen Force), artillery began as a Regular/Permanent Force arm. Artillery Formation HQ reorganised April 1999 to include both regular regiments (4 Arty Regt, etc.) and reserve regiments.
Awards
Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
United Kingdom
DSO LG Sup 27 July 1918 pg. 8968 - "For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in East Africa" MC LG Sup 1 February 19
Military Cross
Military Cross (MC)
United Kingdom
t Africa" MC LG Sup 1 February 1917 pg. 1145 - "For valuable services in connection with Military Operations in the Field" | SN CORRECTION 2
Notes

Husband of Esther Gordon-Gray (nee Mauris)

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026 (year-prefix method): ServiceNo 72372683BG cleared -- per the documented SA force-number convention (data/SA_SERVICE_NUMBER_NOTES.md), the prefix '72' implies registration circa 1972 (usually age 16), i.e. birth circa 1956. This record's own Age/DateDeath implies birth circa 1879, a mismatch; PersonNumber 30500 (Gordon-Bennet, implied birth circa 1957) fits instead. Original value: "72372683BG".
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".

Citations

DSO LG Sup 27 July 1918 pg. 8968 - "For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in East Africa" MC LG Sup 1 February 1917 pg. 1145 - "For valuable services in connection with Military Operations in the Field"

LG Sup 27 July 1918 pg. 8968 p.8968
LG Sup 27 July 1918 pg. 8968 p.8968
Gazette page
LG Sup 1 February 1917 pg. 1145 p.1145
LG Sup 1 February 1917 pg. 1145 p.1145
Gazette page
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