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Identity
Person No.
7319
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Gordon William
Initials
G W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of John and Dora Francis Forbes, of Craigievar, Burghersdorp, Cape Province, South Africa. Formerly a Private in a South African Infantry Battalion #6421
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Gordon W. FORBES, 2nd SAI, A Coy - Transferred to Royal Flying Corps, Commissioned, Killed in action on the 18th October 1917 (Larch Wood, Railway Cutting, Cemetery, Ypres)"
Citations
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External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Gordon W. FORBES, 2nd SAI, A Coy - Transferred to Royal Flying Corps, Commissioned, Killed in action on the 18th October 1917 (Larch Wood, Railway Cutting, Cemetery, Ypres)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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