Identity
Person No.
49650
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
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Initials
A W
Date of Birth
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Est. Birth Year
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Age at Death
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Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
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Defence Force
COLONIAL 405
Colonial forces (pre-Union)
Death Record
Date of Death
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Location
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Research notes
Nico Moolman (ROH story 10 Dec 2016), a schoolboy at Lake Chrissie (Chrissiesmeer) c.1955-1960 who maintains an annual tribute to Lieutenant A.W. Swanston, laying a wreath ("pozy") each year on his behalf -- says he is writing a book about this tradition. No further identifying detail (unit, exact date, circumstance) given; not the same man as the existing Swanston, George Andrew (PersonNumber 24564, WWI, Native Carrier Transport, d. 1919 -- different initials, different war, different unit). Year and place (1900, South Africa) per the original site's own record; not independently verified beyond this. Not previously on the ROH under these initials.
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