Identity
Person No.
7896
Service No.
8361
Last Name
First Name
Oliver Muir
Initials
O M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
40
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of David and Margaret Muir Garson; husband of Ethel Beatrice Bour (formerly Garson), of Highclere, West Bank, King William's Town, Cape Province. Born in Scotland.
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Oliver Muir GARSON, 2nd SAI - Killed in action near Arras 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Oliver Muir GARSON, 2nd SAI - Killed in action near Arras 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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