Identity
Person No.
31261
Service No.
73542854
Last Name
First Name
Gordon Walter Graham
Initials
G W G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
Secondary Unit
attd. 61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died from electric shock when his radio antenna touched the HT cables at Johannesburg Station. The antenna wire was thrown over the carriage roof of the stationary train to get better reception but it hit the overhead HT cables
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mrs. L. C. Buys, of Johannesburg. ref. SA Engineers Roll of Honour (www.sasappers.net)
Citation
LG 8 February 1919 - "A pilot of courage and skill, bold in attack and gallant in action, who has accounted for five enemy aeroplanes. On 27th September he attacked fifteen Fokker biplanes that were harassing one of our bombing formations, driving down one in flames. He then engaged a second; in the combat the two machines collided, and the enemy aeroplane fell down completely out of control. Although his machine was badly damaged, Lieutenant Lawson successfully regained our lines."
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project